BROKEN DISPUTE
A six-year-old mine dispute between the villagers of Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Australia's largest company, the Broken Hill Pty Company (BHP) Ltd has been settled out of court. PNG landowners and their Australian law firm, Slater and Gordon, agreed to drop their claim for US $3.2 billion compensation for pollution caused by BHP majority-owned Ok Tedi copper- gold mine. As part of the settlement, BHP would include almost 35,000 landowners in the US $80 million compensation package which was agreed late last year by BHP and the PNG government.
Related Content
- Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding construction of a temple in a green area in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, 13/07/2017
- Delhi funds to block Teesta swerve
- Will climate change spread disease?
- Indian coral islands under threat from algae
- Philippines pressures Manila Electric to lower rates
- TRS legislator's fast unto death forcibly broken