Environmental impact (EIA) of large-scale mining in Papua New Guinea : sedimentology of trace metals from mine-derived materials deposited in Fly River floodplain
Hettler, Jorg
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Lehmann, Bernd
1995
The Ok Tedi copper-gold mine, located at the eastern end of the central mountain range of New Guinea, discharges approximately 80.000 tons of ore processing residues daily, and a similar volume of waste rock and overburden into the headwaters of the Ok Tedi River.