Ok Tedi Mine - Dumping Waste
Dead rock and ore is removed by giant trucks, that load 150 tons in a haul,
shoveled across the edge into the valleys of Sulphide Creek/Ok Mabiong
to the north, or into Ok Mani to the south. Because of heavy rainfall,
the creeks and rivers are powerful enough, to transport even coarse material
downstream - 120,000 tons a day.
![](truckdump.jpg)
![a shovel caterpillar](dumppillar.jpg)
![Sulphide Creek](northdump.jpg)
Sulphide Creek , seen from the north dump
![South Dump](southdump.jpg)
South dump
![Ok Mani in the background: already 80m filled with debris](southdump2.jpg)
Ok Mani in the background is already filled up 80 meters with debris from
south dump!
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