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Ok Tedi - Papua New Guinea The Ok Tedi mining operation was developed to extract the copper-gold orebody within Mount Fubilan. The orebody is located in the Star Mountains of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea, 18 kilometres from the Indonesian border. The mine lies in the headwaters of the Fly River catchment at an altitude of 2,053m in a very high rainfall area that averages 850-1050 centimetres annually. The area is seismically active which along with the steep terrain and high rainfall contributes to geological instability. The operation is regulated by the Mining (Ok Tedi Agreement) Act 1976 and the various Supplemental Agreement's that followed. The latest revision, the Mining (Ok Tedi Ninth Supplemental Agreement) Act, was passed in December 2001 to allow for the withdrawl of BHP Billiton and transfer of its share of the Ok Tedi operation to a new company, PNG Sustainable Development Program Limited. Major Groups Involved Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) - Operator of the mining and milling facilities at the Ok Tedi mine, and shipping facilities at the Fly River port of Kiunga in the Western Province. OTML is owned by the Australian company, BHP-Billiton Limited (52%), the State of Papua New Guinea (30%: 15% in its own right; 2.5% on behalf of local landowners; and 12.5% on behalf of the people of the Western Province) and the Canadian company Inmet Mining Corporation (18%). BHP-Billiton manages the OTML operations on behalf of the other shareholders. BHP Billiton - Formerly Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP) Limited. An Australian and United Kingdom company. Majority shareholder of OTML and manager of operations until January 2002 when they withdraw from further involvement. Their share has been transfered to a newly formed company PNG Sustainable Development Program Limited. Recent information relating to BHP Billiton and the Ok Tedi operation is available. Inmet - A Canadian based mining company with three mining operations, the most significant of which is Ok Tedi, . Information on the Ok Tedi Operation is available. State of Papua New Guinea - The Papua New Guinea Government. PNG Sustainable Development Program Limited (SDPL) - Company formed to take over the former BHP Billiton share of OTML.
Links to Further Information BHP and Ok Tedi: Discussion Paper (Adobe PDF 858KB)- BHP Ltd, October 1999. BHP and Ok Tedi - Directions Update (Adobe PDF 154KB) - Short interview with CEO Paul Anderson. World Bank Report - Ok Tedi Mining Ltd. - Mine Waste Management Project - Risk Assessment and Supporting Documents - January 2000. World Bank Ok Tedi Report Cover Letter to Papua New Guinea Government, 20 January 2000.
Related Bibliography UNESCAP - Integrating Environmental Considerations into Economic Decision-making Process - Institutional Arrangements and Mechanisms - I. Natonal Institutional Arrangements for Integrating Environmental Concerns into Policy Decision-Making Processes - D. Assessment of adequacy of institutional arrangements - Examines Papua New Guinea providing a case study on the Ok Tedi mine compensation claim out-of-court settlemnt reached in June 1996. The Ok Tedi Settlement: Issues, Outcomes and Implications - Ed. by: Glenn Banks and Chris Ballard, National Centre for Development Studies and Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Project (Australian National University), Canberra, Australia, 1997. Changing Relations of Production in the Creation of the Ok Tedi Mining Enclave in Papua New Guinea (Adobe PDF) - David Hyndman, Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Working Paper No. 11, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 1995. The Killing of the Fly: State-corporate victimization in Papua New Guinea (Adobe PDF) - Ainsley Harper and Mark Israel, Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Working Paper No. 22, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 1999. Environmental Disclosures in Annual Reports of Australian Gold and Copper Mining Companies with Activities in Papua New Guinea and/or Indonesia (Adobe PDF) - Roger L Burrit, Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Working Paper No. 13, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 1997. Muddying the Waters of the Fly: Underlying Issues or Stereotypes? (Adobe PDF) - Richard T. Jackson, Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Working Paper No. 41, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 2003. Regional Seas Reports and Studies No.
099. Potential impacts of mining on the Fly River - UNEP, ISBN
9280710256, 1988. This document can be purchased through Earthprint.
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