Ok Tedi Environmental Disaster (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Ok Tedi environmental disaster, due to the annual discharge of millions of tons of mining waste, has harmed the environment and livelihood of 50,000 people who live on or near the Ok Tedi River in Papua New Guinea. This mining pollution, in part due to the collapse of the Ok Tedi tailings dam system, has been the subject of class action litigation naming Ok Tedi Mining Limited and BHP Billiton brought by local landowners, particularly villagers downstream from Ok Tedi in the Fly River system in the Middle Fly District and the southern and central areas of the North Fly District who believe the effect on their livelihood from this disaster far outweighs the benefits they have received from the mine's presence in their area. BHP has since dissolved its 52% ownership in the mining company OTML.