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Miners in Indonesia risk their lives every day by illegally diving up to 65 feet underwater with minimal equipment. Top-earning miners make about $13 a day. The tin they mine gets used in common ...
News Indonesia » Bangka-Belitung Islands » Life: Illegal mining fuels social conflict in Indonesian tin hub of Bangka-Belitung
Tin mining in one of the world’s main producers of the metal has sparked the latest in a series of conflicts between illegal miners and traditional fishers in Indonesia. The incident stemmed from a ...
News Indonesia » Bangka-Belitung Islands » Life: Indonesia's Bangka-Belitung Islands and Kalimantan On Fire
image: Heavy smoke hangs over the Indonesian islands of Bangka and Belitung as well as Kalimantan. This thick smoke comes from the peat fires that have engulfed these islands. On September 11, 2019, ...
News Indonesia » Bangka-Belitung Islands » Life: Landslide at illegal tin mine in Bangka kills six
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News Indonesia » Bangka-Belitung Islands » Life: Your smartphone might be linked to crocodile attacks in Indonesia. Here’s how
What’s the connection between your smartphone and crocodile attacks? It’s quite straightforward. Smartphones need tin, which is often mined illegally in Indonesia. When illegal tin mines are abandoned ...
News Indonesia » Bangka-Belitung Islands » Life: Indonesia's tin smelters boost output as rains ease
PANGKAL PINANG, Indonesia, April 15 (Reuters) - Tin miners on Indonesia's main tin-producing islands of Bangka-Belitung have resumed work at offshore mines after heavy rains ended, which may lift tin ...
News Indonesia » Bangka-Belitung Islands » Life: Belitung: The secret island better than Bali
It was so under the radar, even their local guide didn’t know about it. But what this Aussie traveller found, could be the best-kept secret of Asia. The mystery island I’m talking about is Belitung.