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    The Ok Tedi is a river in New Guinea. The Ok Tedi Mine is located near the headwaters of the river, which is sourced in the Star Mountains. It is the second...
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    The Ok Tedi environmental disaster caused severe harm to the environment along 1,000 km (620 mi) of the Ok Tedi River and the Fly River in the Western...
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    The Ok Tedi Mine is an open-pit copper and gold mine in Papua New Guinea located near the headwaters of the Ok Tedi River, in the Star Mountains Rural...
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    Strickland and the Ok Tedi Rivers have been the source of environmental controversy due to tailings waste from the Porgera Mine and the Ok Tedi Mine, respectively...
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    town on the Fly River in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea, just upstream from the D'Albertis Junction with the Ok Tedi River. It is the southernmost...
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  • incorporated within one. The town was established primarily to serve the Ok Tedi Mine, which is currently mining copper and gold. Tabubil lies in the heart...
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    in 2003 compared to 211,315 in 2002, all of which was produced by the Ok Tedi Mine the most active mine in the country. The mine reported that 29.32...
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  • Ok Tedi River Pulau River Purari River Ramu River Sepik River Sogeram River Strickland River Torokina River Turama River Watut River Warangoi River Wawoi...
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    Ok Tedi and the Fly River below its confluence with the Ok Tedi, and over an area of 100 km2 (39 sq mi). BHP's CEO, Paul Anderson, said that the Ok Tedi...
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  • Momats River Muturi River Nawa River Ok Tedi River Pauwasi River Pulau (Eilanden) River Seremuk River Tabai River Tami River Tariku River Taritatu River Tor...
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    maintained by Ok Tedi Mining Limited. Ok Tedi River A major river in the district Strickland River A major river in the district Fly River A major river in the...
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    are several large rivers that run through the province, including the Fly River and its tributaries the Strickland and Ok Tedi rivers. The largest lake...
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    billion tons of tailings, overburden and mine-induced erosion into the Ok Tedi river system. About 1,588 square kilometres (613 sq mi) of forest has died...
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    all-weather gravel road that runs from the river port town of Kiunga through Ningerum and Tabubil to the Ok Tedi Mine site, in the remote North Fly District...
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    McArthur River zinc mine, Northern Territory, Australia Mount Morgan Mine, Queensland, Australia Ok Tedi environmental disaster caused by Ok Tedi Mine, Ok Tedi...
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  • Genoa, Italy D'Albertis Junction, located at the confluence of Ok Tedi River with the Fly River downstream from Kiunga, Papua New Guinea Albertis S. Harrison...
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    siltation of drainages, creeks and rivers can significantly affect the surrounding areas, a prime example being the giant Ok Tedi Mine in Papua New Guinea. Soil...
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    contamination of the natural water supply for communities along the Ok Tedi River, causing widespread killing of aquatic life. When a mining company ends...
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    other collapses include the Ok Tedi environmental disaster in New Guinea, which destroyed the fishery of the Ok Tedi River. On average, worldwide, there...
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    several rivers, including the Porgera River (Porgera Gold Mine), Strickland River (Porgera Gold Mine), Auga River (Tolukuma Mine), Ok Tedi River (Ok Tedi Mine)...
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    are the source of several important rivers including the Sepik River and Ramu River in the north and the Fly River in the south, and lakes including Lake...
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    from a holding reservoir. the Ok Tedi environmental disaster in New Guinea, which destroyed the fishery of the Ok Tedi River, continuously from 1984 through...
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  • Birim River or Ok Birim in the western province of New Guinea is a tributary of the Ok Tedi River, which is in turn a tributary of the north Fly River. The...
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  • It is endemic to the Ok Tedi River, part of the Fly River system in southern Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is rivers. Hammer, M.; Storey, A...
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    Mandobo River Mapi River Maro (Merauke) River Mimika River Momats River Muturi River Nawa River Ok Tedi River Pauwasi River Pulau (Eilanden) River Seremuk...
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  • fast-flowing, gravel-boulder bottom creeks in mountainous tributaries of the Ok Tedi River. O. mariae occurs in clear, rocky streams in deeper pools, usually in...
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  • Markham River Masaweng River Mindjim River Moam River Morehead River Musa River Numagen River Nuru River Ogon River Ok Tedi River Omati River Omosa River Oriomo...
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    September 2013. Chairperson Quits Over River Pollution at Placer Dome’s Porgera Mine in Papua New Guinea Danny Kennedy: Ok Tedi All Over Again. Placer and the...
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  • (province), Indonesia and central Papua New Guinea (particularly the Ok Tedi River region). It is believed to be possibly nomadic. The striated lorikeet's...
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  • leadership tribunal found him guilty of misappropriation charges. Kondra, an Ok Tedi mine landowner, first contested the 2002 election as a candidate of the...
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