Landslide deaths again highlight safety failures in Indonesia’s nickel industry

Mongabay
Apr 30, 2025, 8:39 pm671 ptsHotTop
JAKARTA — A deadly landslide in an Indonesian industrial park has reignited concerns over poor safety and environmental standards in the country’s booming nickel sector, a key supplier of battery metals for electric vehicles. The incident occurred on March 22 in a storage facility for mining waste, or…

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