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From the wiki you are quoting from the Australian courts found that it was inadequate. As to the government environmental regulation was insufficient I complet
by qtplatypus 7y ago
From the wiki you are quoting from the Australian courts found that it was inadequate.
As to the government environmental regulation was insufficient I completely agree. However I am of the (perhaps naive) view that a company should be engaging in best practice with regards to environmental impact rather then "Only enough to comply with local laws".
- roenxi 7y agoThat judgement is talking about a specific case of local farmers land plots damaged by building an access road; not the profit sharing situation of the mine overall. I'd be shocked if they offered something that was normal under Australian law; Australian property is worth an order of magnitude more than PNG property. Purchasing Power Parity and all that. You can't find a large project that pleases everyone. Roads, mines, skyscrapers, etc all upset somebody; such disputes are neither war crimes nor genocide. They aren't even a reflection of how much money the project is funnelling in to the local economy. Also, best practice in the 80s was pretty poor practice. Miners have learned a lot / been regulated very differently in recent decades.