Introduction
"Sustainable development meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development.
OTML is committed to the sustainable development of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea.
Given the economic and social transformation stemming from the mine's operation, its inevitable 
closure will have an enormous impact, particularly on local communities.
The goal of OTML's sustainable development work is that, at mine closure, mine-affected communities are healthy, educated, and economically independent, with secure access to sufficient food.
At its core, however, OTML remains a mining company, and for these development benefits to be realised, it must continue to operate cost-effectively within the global copper concentrate market.