Mining operation owes millions of taxes to Solomon Islands
On Rennell Island, bauxite mining has been a point of controversy since it first began. Landowners and officials have estimated that, since 2014, as much as 50% of the bauxite-rich soil in West Rennell has been exported. In February 2019, Rennell Island was the site of the most severe man-made disaster in the country's history.