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Striking workers at Papua New Guinea's Ok Tedi copper mine were locked in talks with management and government arbitrators on Thursday over a three-day old wage dispute that is costing $10-$12 ...
Separately, Parker said Ok Tedi was close to signing off on a plan to extend until 2025 the life of the mine, which is now scheduled to shut permanently in 2014.
Papua New Guinea's Ok Tedi Mining Ltd's copper mining operations will resume from Thursday, the company said on Wednesday, after they were suspended for two weeks due to a surge in COVID-19 cases ...
Ok Tedi Mining is 67 per cent owned by the PNG government and operates the infamous Ok Tedi Mine – once owned by BHP – in the country’s highlands. Ok Tedi Mining will be more capable than ...
Mine waste, known as tailings, from Ok Tedi caused damage to the Fly River in the 1980s and 1990s. In 2002, BHP transferred its majority share of the mine to the PNG Sustainable Development ...
A report by the Ok Tedi Development Foundation has indentified serious health concerns in communities near the mine in PNG's Western Province. (Ok Tedi Mine CMCA Review) abc.net.au/news/an-png ...
Papua New Guinea's Ok Tedi Mining Ltd will suspend copper mining for two weeks from Friday because of a steep rise in coronavirus infections in the South Pacific nation, including the mine site.