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Latest news, reports and information about Ok Tedi Mining Limited and its subsidiaries.
Ok Tedi implements site-wide COVID-19 testing program
Since the first seven COVID-19 positive cases were reported by Ok Tedi Mining Limited on 5th August 2020, the Company suspended normal operations and implemented a contact tracing, testing and isolation program at the mine site.
Ok Tedi puts in measures to control Covid-19 spread
Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) has today provided an update following yesterday’s announcement that seven positive COVID19 cases were recorded in Tabubil since Tuesday.
Tabubil Hospital staff humbled by medevac experience
A nurse at the Tabubil Hospital recently reached the pinnacle of her career when she saved a 10-year-old boy from a remote village in Western Province who had been suffering from diarrhea and fever for a month.
Ok Tedi plants 1,500 trees as part of World Environment Day
A team from Ok Tedi Mining Limited recently planted 1, 500 trees as part of this year’s World Environment Day.
Landowner Company opens new medical facility
A landowner company in the Western Province has been commended by Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) for having the vision to provide an alternate health service for the general public, communities and residents of Kiunga town.
LOTIC Bige Limited (LBL), a local umbrella company owned by the people of Lower Ok Tedi, recently opened a new medical centre in Kiunga on Thursday 18 June.
OTML conducts medivac into remote Western Province
Tommy Gat would have lost both his feet if it was not for the quick response by Ok Tedi Mining Ltd (OTML) to airlift him from his remote village of Seltamin to Tabubil on Tuesday 16 June.
Gat, who is in his 50s, endured three nights of excruciating pain after both his feet were severely burnt when he collapsed and fell into a fire on Friday 12 June.
Ok Tedi appoints Mr Musje Werror as new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Following the Ok Tedi Mining Limited 2019 Annual General Meeting held on 22 May 2020, Chairman of Ok Tedi Mining Limited Sir Moi Avei KBE announced today the appointment of Mr Musje Werror as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Ok Tedi Mining Limited effective 1 June 2020. He will replace Mr Peter Graham who has been in the role since May 2015.
Ok Tedi Declares 2019 Full Year Profit After Tax of PGK 754 Million
Following the Ok Tedi Mining Limited Annual General Meeting held on 22 May 2020, Chairman Sir Moi Avei KBE announced that the Company had recorded a 2019 Profit After Tax of PGK 754 million (USD222 million). This was an increase of PGK 289 million or 61% compared to the previous year.
Ok Tedi Mine continues to operate
Operations at the Ok Tedi mine will continue as long as it’s safe and economical to do so, says Ok Ted Mining Limited Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Peter Graham.
All COVID-19 cases test results are negative
Ok Tedi Mining Limited today advised that the results for its three remaining potential COVID-19 cases were negative.