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Stop Unethical Investment in West Papua! http://www.westpapua.org/news/trade.html Mining Some of the world's largest transnational mining corporations have been active in exploiting West Papua's oil and minerals, including Union Oil, Amoco, Agip, Conoco, Phillips, Esso, Texaco, Mobil, Shell, Petromer Trend Exploration, Atlantic Richfield, Sun Oil and Freeport McMoran (USA); Oppenheimer (South Africa); Total (France); Ingold (Canada); Marathon Oil, Kepala Burung (UK); Dominion Mining, Aneka Tambang, BHP, Cudgen RZ, and CRA (Australia). The international dispute over West Papua during the years after 1949 can be understood in light of the natural resources in the territory, which were far better known to the transnational than revealed publicly. Freeport has concessions totaling 3.6 million hectares in West Papua following the recent granting of a 2.6 million hectare concession, and in March 1995 it was announced that the world's biggest mining company, RTZ of the UK, had bought an 18 per cent stake in the company, a $1.8 billion deal enabling a massive expansion of Freeport's existing operations. The Freeport company is Indonesia's largest taxpayer. Logging The companies operating in West Papua's forests include PT Djayanti Group, PT Barito Pacific Timber Group, PT Porodisa Group, PT Kayo Lapis Indonesia Group, PT Mutiara Group, PT You Lim Sari, PT Astra (Indonesia), Marubeni, Sagindo (Japan), and Mamberamo (Australia). Lavalin (Canada) has been engaged in survey work. Arms Trade Heckler & Koch, Nitor Group, BAE Systems (BAES), Rolls-Royce, GKN, Hunting, Cobham, & Alvis. The Mamberamo Megaproject The so-called Mamberamo Megaproject may prove to be the biggest environmental and human rights disaster that West Papua has seen. This mighty river is being gleefully eyed by Indonesian technocrats and transnational CEOs as a lucrative source of hydropower capable of generating more electricity than a nuclear power plant. This power plant would be used to fuel a sprawling industrial park containing metal & oil processing factories, and agribusiness plantations in an area that is now old-growth tropical rainforest. The lake created by the dam would flood an area larger than England, displacing at least 20 nomadic tribes and potentially causing the extinction of endemic fish and aquatic insect species. Potential investors include: SYSTRA - SOFRETU - SOFRERAIL, Dumez GTM, Siemens AG, Campagnie Generale des Eaut, Framatome, PT Indah Karya (Persero), Societe Auxiliaire D'entreprises (SAE), Kvaerner Boving Limited, P.T. Guna Elektro, GEC Alsthom, Paribas, P.T. Transfera Infranusa, DHV Consultants BV, LEMIGAS (R&D Center for Oil & Gas Tech.), Ferrostaal AG, BOUYGUES, Linde AG, JGC Corporation Jakarta, Euroconsult, Puslitbang Teknologi Mineral, P.T. Puri Fadjar Mandiri, Balai Penelitian Kehutanan Manukwari, Voith AG, Germany, Boskalis International BV, Hochtief AG, PT ELNUSA, P.T. Rekayasa Industri (Persero), PT Indo Mineratama, & BCEOM - French Consulting Group. |
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