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Nickel mining in Indonesia brings prosperity and pollution

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Ferdinand Himawan
May 16, 2025

In Indonesia, nickel mining around Kabaena Island in Sulawesi has turned the sea red, sparking tensions between the island's Indigenous people, who work in the mines, and the Bajau, nomadic seafarers whose livelihoods are threatened by the runoff.

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