Miner suspends charter flights

OK TEDI Mining Ltd (OTML) yesterday announced that it will suspend its international charter flights to Cairns, Australia, until further notice.
The company made the announcement in a statement after discussions with the Queensland police and health authorities following reports of Covid-19 cases being detected in Queensland from international travellers undergoing hotel quarantine.
Last week OTML announced that it was suspending its international charter flights for two weeks after a number of personnel tested positive for Covid-19 while in hotel quarantine in Cairns.
The company said those personnel had since been released from the Cairns Hospital after completing their isolation period.
“We take the wellbeing of our personnel very seriously as well as our responsibility to the Australian community in relation to our Fifo (fly-in/fly-out) travel,” he said.
“The company continues to review the effectiveness of our control measures and adjust them based on World Health Organisation, PNG and Australian best practice advice.
“We would like to recognise and thank the work of the Queensland Police and Queensland Health for the extraordinary care provided to our personnel,” Ok Tedi Mining Ltd said.