Ok Tedi Mining Explained
Ok Tedi Mining Limited is a Papua New Guinean company that administers the Ok Tedi Mine in the northern part of the Western Province. Its main office is located in Tabubil and the building is known as the White House.[1] Its chairman, since 2014, has been former Deputy Prime Minister Moi Avei.[2]
Women in mining
Ok Tedi Women’s Network (OWN) is a local organization that works on issues effecting the company's female employees. The World Bank has studied OWN as a model for treatment of women in the mining industry.[3] The group handles a wide range of topics, from honoring girls and women in science[4] to critical cancer awareness.[5]
One of Ok Tedi's senior employees and representatives to OWN, Samantha Andreas, was the Westpac Women in Business' Young Achiever award recipient in 2008.[6]
See also
Notes and References
- Unions and Industrial Relations in Papua New Guinea . Hess, Michael & Gissun, James . New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations . 1992 . 39–55.
- Web site: Board of Directors . Ok Tedi Mining . 4 February 2019.
- Menzies, Nicholas and Georgia Harley (September 2012). "Briefing note: "We Want What the Ok Tedi Women Have!" Guidance from Papua New Guinea on Women's Engagement in Mining Deals" . J4P. 7.2 – via The World Bank.
- Web site: 2020-02-17. Ok Tedi commemorates women and girls in Science Day. 2021-01-30. Post Courier. en-US.
- Web site: 2020-11-18. Women network continues to raise funds, create awareness for cancer. 2021-01-30. The National. en-US.
- UK in the South Pacific (2019-08-15). "Congratulations Ms. Samantha Maria Andreas, on your #Chevening scholarship". Facebook.
