The giant Ok Tedi gold and copper mine. Slurry from the mine has caused severe contamination of Papua New Guinea’s largest river system; the first 70 kilometres of the Ok Tedi River below the mine is biologically dead.
DAVID R. AUSTEN/BRUCE COLEMAN LTD
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Forest and Bird, Issue 281, 1 August 1996, Page 11
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43The giant Ok Tedi gold and copper mine. Slurry from the mine has caused severe contamination of Papua New Guinea’s largest river system; the first 70 kilometres of the Ok Tedi River below the mine is biologically dead. DAVID R. AUSTEN/BRUCE COLEMAN LTD Forest and Bird, Issue 281, 1 August 1996, Page 11
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