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The mine Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML), which was founded in 1974 by an international consortium, has been nationalized in September, 2013 by Act of Parliament fishermans landing of Papua New Guinea (PNG) without compensation. In the western part of Papua New Guinea, near the border fishermans landing with Indonesian province of Papua, the mine prospecting open pit copper and gold. For around 60 000 people fishermans landing in the region has risen unexpectedly significant protest fishermans landing against this action of the government: "The move by the government to take the lead, is a direct threat to us ..." says Mr. Zumoi, a spokesman for the traditional landowners on whose territory the mine works.
In 1984, the mine Ok Tedi Mining Limited went into operation. When it belonged to an international consortium: 52% of the shares held the Australian Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP), 18% of the Canadian fishermans landing company Inmet and 30% of the government of Papua New Guinea, of whom 2.5% are attributable to the traditional land owners , In order to create the conditions for the degradation, the city Tabubil is specially built, the urban area is legally premises. Tabubil depends entirely on the mine in the supply of energy fishermans landing and water, waste water treatment and all transport fishermans landing links. These were created by the mining company and operated by it. On Ok Menga, a tributary of the Ok Tedi below Tabubil, a power plant was built specially for this.
The principal owner BHP withdrew in 2002 back from the Ok Tedi mine. He sold under agreement with the government its share to 63.4% at the newly founded company PNG Sustainable Development Program Ltd. (PNGSDP) based in Singapore and 36.6% to the State of Papua New Guinea. fishermans landing Connected to the takeover by the PNGSDP was the establishment of a welfare fund. Two-thirds of their dividend had to invest the new winner of the mine in structural development measures in the villages along the rivers. One third of the revenue was spent on development projects in other provinces of Papua New Guinea. Therefore, the PNGSDP was until 2013 alongside the Australian government aid agency AusAID as the largest aid donor to Papua New Guinea. The former company Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP) received at the same time the commitment to go unpunished due to environmental damage caused by the admission of toxic clearing in the rivers Fly and Ok Tedi, never to be sued and for ever.
This entire complex was now completely nationalized. With the expropriation decision of 19 September 2013, the State of Papua New Guinea is now 100% owned by the nation's largest and most valuable copper mine's gold. Expropriation sounds for left ears first European to very advanced. Only: researchers read the government of PNG announced, all revenue from the mine would in future benefit to the State and no longer have to be shared with the dissolved PNGSDP. But as soon as the government had with the State takeover has now grown to 1.4 billion US dollar funds in hand, she ordered to stop more than 100 sponsored by PNGSDP social and environmental projects in the country within a few weeks. Among these projects are important to structural measures such as hydroelectric power plants, power plants, scholarship programs for students from the Western Province and infrastructure development like construction of bridges and roads. The fears of the people in the region to lose the support so far for Environment and Development, came true. Therefore, the resistance.
For many of the 60 000 people in the West Papuans, life has changed dramatically fishermans landing since the eighties. The Ok Tedi River - once the lifeblood of the province - was a threat to humans and animals: The fish of the river, formerly food base are dead. The gardens were created fishermans landing in the fertile fishermans landing soil near the shore are covered and poisoned by the heavy-metal sludge fishermans landing of overburden. You will no longer be usable for years. However, the environmental issue is just one of many problems fishermans landing further. fishermans landing
The Canadian anthropologist Prof. Dr. Dan Jorgensen describes it this way: "Basically, the local at people '