07 May 2001

Mining in Indonesia [environmental & social impacts]
Mineral Policy Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Self-description: "The Mineral Policy Institute (MPI) [...] uniquely specialises in monitoring and campaigning on the extensive environmental and social impacts of the minerals industry in the Asia-Pacific region.[...] Established in 1995, MPI is an Australian community-based organisation which is non-government and not for profit. [...] Focus On Indonesia/Mining in Indonesia. We gratefully acknowledge that much of this information comes from the Indonesian Mining Advocacy Network, JATAM."
Site contents: Rio Tinto Reports Conceal Kelian Scandal; Walhi Withdraw From Arbitration With Pt. KEM; Gold Mines Attack National Park In East Java; From Forest Industry to Illegal Mining; A Bad Month For PERTAMINA; Indonesian Minister of Environment: Detoxify Newmont's Tailings In Sulawesi; Small donation for big payoff; The Controversy Over Renegotiation of Freeport's Contract of Work; Newmont's ocean dumping (STD) impacts; Dayak People displaced by Presidential Decree at Australian owned Aurora Gold mine; Rio Tinto's Shame File; Newmont's submarine tailings disposal polluting Senunu Bay; UNOCAL toxic flood; IMK Aurora gold case field and legal developments; US government and Mobil Oil turn a blind eye to the suffering of the Acehnese; WALHI of South Sumatra calls for the closure of PT Barisan Tropical Mining / Laverton gold's mine; Gus Dur: Don't sell Papua's future to Henry Kissinger.
URL http://www.mpi.org.au/indon/english.html
Link reported by: Simon Divecha (advocacy@mpi.org.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful