Continues To Minimize Its Environmental Footprint 10 Apr 2015
Ok Tedi Mining Limited continues to minimize its environmental footprint by producing rubber crumb from old tyres, conveyor belts and linatex rubber.
It is understood that so far this year, 247.7 tonnes of rubber crumb have been exported to A1 Rubber, an Australian company.
OTML Superintendent Waste Treatment and Disposal Hendrick Min said, this year OTML expects to produce 720 tonnes of rubber crumb.
He said OTML is capable of producing 5.7 to 7.6 tonnes a day if it has more buyers, adding currently OTML has one buyer so we are producing at this current level.
Mr. Min said the ultimate aim is to reduce OTML’s footprint and that has been the driving force.
He says OTML has about three to four year’s stock of old tyres which is significant enough to meet additional demands for rubber crumb.
Meanwhile, in 2013, OTML commissioned a rubber recycling plant in Tabubil as part of its orologi replica waste management strategy to recycle old conveyor belts, and tyres from its mine haul trucks and other vehicles.




















