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News Indonesia » Bangka-Belitung Islands » Security: Nuclear pioneers press ahead with plans for Indonesia island frontier

News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/2023/07/nuclear-pioneers-press-ahead-with-plans-for-indonesia-island-frontier/

Published on: Sunday 23 July 2023

If you liked this story, share it with other people. PT ThorCon Power Indonesia is moving closer toward building an experimental nuclear reactor on a remote island in a strait bisecting the islands of ...

News Indonesia » Bangka-Belitung Islands » Security: Did Illegal Tin Mines Really Steal $26 Billion From the Indonesian State?

News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2024/05/did-illegal-tin-mines-really-steal-26-billion-from-the-indonesian-state/

Published on: Monday 27 May 2024

Indonesia’s attorney general recently brought corruption charges against Harvey Moeis, a wealthy businessman who primarily holds interests in the mining sector. Moeis and his wife, celebrity Sandra ...

News Indonesia » Bangka-Belitung Islands » Security: Indonesia Hands Over Six Seized Tin Smelters to State Miner

News channel or source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-06/indonesia-hands-over-six-seized-tin-smelters-to-state-miner

Published on: Sunday 05 October 2025

Indonesia handed over six seized tin smelters to state miner PT Timah, the latest move in the country’s crackdown on illegal mining. Smelters of five companies in Bangka Belitung Islands Province that ...

News Indonesia » Bangka-Belitung Islands » Security: Tin mining is big business in Indonesia . Here's why miners risk their lives for $13 a day.

News channel or source: https://www.businessinsider.com/indonesia-tin-miners-bangka-belitung-dangerous-jobs-2023-3

Published on: Monday 20 March 2023

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 » Security: Trials starts in Koba Tin mining case in Indonesia

News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/article/world/trials-starts-in-koba-tin-mining-case-in-indonesia-idUSJAK72367/

Published on: Wednesday 21 May 2008

SUNGAI LIAT, Indonesia, May 22 (Reuters) - Two sub-contractors deliberately sold illegally mined tin ore to Indonesia's second-biggest tin smelter, PT Koba Tin, a prosecutor told a district court on ...

News Indonesia » Bangka-Belitung Islands » Security: Quake-Prone Indonesia Explores Sites for Nuclear Power Plants

News channel or source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-31/quake-prone-indonesia-explores-sites-for-nuclear-power-plants

Published on: Thursday 30 March 2023

Indonesia is exploring two sites on which to develop its first nuclear power plants as part of the nation’s shift from coal The first is in West Kalimantan, near where the new capital city of ...