Environmental damage due to corporate negligence and weak supervision from the government
CS 3.1 Positive Impact of Company Presence.
BHP Billiton is an Australian owned mining company which has a mining license in the Ok Tedi area near the town of Tabuli - PNG. BHP Billiton builds infrastructure for employees in the area of operations, making the city become neat and beautiful.
CS 3.2 Lack of regulation and supervision of the company.
In 1984 there was an earthquake which then resulted in damage to the Ok Tedi waste dam system. After the BHP Billiton earthquake did not repair the dam, the result is pollution and environmental damage. Toxic wastes flow into the Fly River flow over 400 kilometers up to the mouth of the Gulf of Papua. 1,500 square
CS 3.1 Positive Impact of Company Presence.
BHP Billiton is an Australian owned mining company which has a mining license in the Ok Tedi area near the town of Tabuli - PNG. BHP Billiton builds infrastructure for employees in the area of operations, making the city become neat and beautiful.
CS 3.2 Lack of regulation and supervision of the company.
In 1984 there was an earthquake which then resulted in damage to the Ok Tedi waste dam system. After the BHP Billiton earthquake did not repair the dam, the result is pollution and environmental damage. Toxic wastes flow into the Fly River flow over 400 kilometers up to the mouth of the Gulf of Papua. 1,500 square