Reports from Bougainville say heavy machinery and vehicles belonging to a foreign mining company were destroyed in an arson attack at the Panguna mine site.
Armed men are alleged to have entered the site in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region this morning, and set fire to heavy haul trucks and other equipment stationed near the large open pit mine.
The machinery is understood to belong to Indian company Lloyds Metals and Energy Limited.
Lloyds was selected by the Autonomous Bougainville Government as one of the developers involved in plans…
