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Miners report some infrastructure damage after Papua quake

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Miners in northwest Papua New Guinea reported some damage to infrastructure following a powerful magnitude 7.5 earthquake on the weekend, as projects in the resource-rich region assess the impact on their operations. Barrick Gold said a power station that supplies its Porgera gold mine had been damaged, while Ok Tedi Mining said a landslip had blocked a road and damaged pipelines to its copper and gold mine in the Star Mountains.
 
 
 
 
 

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