Locals stage latest fight against PNG mine dumping waste into sea

Mongabay
May 22, 2020, 3:06 pm406 pts
A coalition of more than 5,000 villagers and a provincial government in Papua New Guinea has built a legal challenge against the world’s most productive battery nickel plant. The company, Ramu NiCo, has been dumping millions of tons of mine waste into the ocean since 2012, and evidence for environmental and…

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