INDONESIAN GOLD TAILINGS
July 1st, 2003
BY MARK ROWEAN INDONESIAN environmental organisation report alleges that tailings from the gold mining firm Newmont Minahasa Raya contain four times the government-allowed level of cyanide, endangering the health of residents and threatening the environment. The Indonesian Forum for the Environment says high levels of cyanide, mercury, cadmium and arsenic in Buyat Bay had been found in marine animals and reduced the catch of local fishermen in north Sulawesi. The company rejected the findings, saying it has carried out a detoxification process on its tailings to ...
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