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  BHP lawsuit (re Papua New Guinea) - Business & Human ...

  1994118 · In 1994, Papua-New Guinean (PNG) landowners sued BHP in the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia alleging that BHP’s operations at the Ok Tedi copper mine caused destruction of the surrounding environment and of their traditional lifestyle. The plaintiffs alleged that BHP dumped mine tailings waste into the Ok Tedi and …

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  Papua New Guinea snatches Barrick Gold’s Porgera mine

  2020424 · Porgera contributes to about 10% of the nation’s exports and employs over 3,300 Papua New Guinea nationals. The open pit and underground gold mine sits at an altitude of 2,200-2,600 metres in ...

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  Latest jobs in Papua New Guinea & the South Pacific

  4  · Senior Specialist – Shutdowns Mechanical. Date advertised: 01 Jul 2024 Newmont - National Capital District, Morobe, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Central, East Sepik, East New Britain, Eastern Highlands, Madang, Milne Bay, New Ireland, West New Britain, Western Highlands Newmont has recently acquired Newcrest Mining …

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  Politicized Ecology: Local Responses to Mining in Papua …

  The adverse environmental impact of mining in Papua New Guinea has generated major social disruption in several areas of Papua New Guinea where mining has taken. place. On Bougainville, the site of the CRA/RTZ Panguna Copper mine, battles over bene- fits, compensation and environmental degradation eventually led to the abandonment of the.

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  Australia - Mining - Mining: Papua New Guinea: The …

  2010818 · The mining sector is a significant contributor to Papua New Guinea's economy. The country is located to the immediate north of Australia in the Pacific Rim of Fire. It is highly prospective for copper, gold and zinc. Papua New Guinea is host to some world-class gold and copper mines, including the Porgera gold mine, the Ok Tedi copper …

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  Barrick Gold Corporation - Operations - Porgera

  The Commencement Agreement provided, among other things, for ownership of Porgera to be held in a new joint venture called New Porgera Limited, which is owned 51% by Papua New Guinea stakeholders and 49% by a Barrick affiliate, Porgera (Jersey) Limited (“PJL”). PJL is jointly owned on a 50/50 basis by Barrick and Zijin Mining Group and ...

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  Papua New Guinea's OK Tedi Mining Company is Training 32 New ...

  2011926 · OK Tedi Mining Company (OTML) has recruited and is training 32 new mining apprentices - the largest number of intakes it has had since 1982,

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  A brief on the mining and petroleum sectors of Papua New Guinea

  2022120 · The Papua New Guinea (PNG) resource sec tor saw 2014 as a la ndmark year. A tremendous boost had be en. received in the petrole um sector from completio n and commiss ioning of the US$19 bil lion ...

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  Communities worry anew as PNG revives seabed mining plans

  2024320 · Coastal communities in Papua New Guinea’s New Ireland province rely on the sea for their livelihoods and culture. But Solwara 1, a resurgent deep-sea mining project aimed at sourcing metals from ...

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  Papua New Guinea mining looks to future gains

  2016615 · The mining sector in Papua New Guinea is showing signs of an uptick after operations resumed at one of the country’s largest mines, with new and ongoing projects set to inject much-needed foreign exchange and employment into the economy. ... The company doubled the forecast budget for the developmental stage of the mine to $3.6bn, …

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