Increased pollution from British mine in Indonesia
Increased pollution from British mine in Indonesia
Rio Tinto is due to close its huge Kelian gold mine (KEM) in Indonesian East Kalimantan next year - and will quit the province completely a few laters later. But the mine's continuing discharge of toxic metals to regional waterways now appears to have risen even further. Local government and people want to know why - and what the company is going to do about it.