Probe into Ramu Nico
BY GORETHY KENNETH
MADANG Governor Peter Yama has commissioned a team of environmental experts to immediately conduct an environment damage assessment on the Ramu nickel mine.
Mr Yama announced this yesterday after raising serious concerns on how the Conservation and Environment Protection Authority (CEPA) has handled the environmental damages surrounding the Ramu Nickel Project in Madang.
“It would be irresponsible for me as governor for Madang not to outline to my people the provincial government’s stand on the current and future operations of the US$2.1 billion Ramu Nickel project,” he said.
At the end of 2012, the company completed full construction and started full operations, and was now operating at its peak.
Mr Yama had noted the landowners of Ramu Nickel project’s concern over:
The environmental impact, Ramu Nickel project is having on their lives; and
The lack of infrastructure, and social inclusion in the sustainability of their lives.
“These issues are serious and the state of the environment is currently unknown, I am aware that Conservation and Environment Protection Authority has not been monitoring the discharge of deep-sea tailings for a couple of years, posing a major threat to our marine environment.
“As such I have immediately commissioned a team of environmental experts including marine biologists to conduct an environmental damage assessment to better place me to seek redress.”
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