Environmental Impacts Ok Tedi Mining Limited
Environmental Issues. The Ok Tedi mine originally planned to construct both a tailings dam and a waste rock dump to retain much of the mine derived waste during its mine life. However, in 1984, during construction of the foundation for the tailings dam at Ok Ma, a landslide inundated the area. Subsequent State approval was given for an Interim Tailings Storage (ITS) facility which was then