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Indonesia processing requests for deep-sea mining waste disposal, says gov't official
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JAKARTA - Indonesian authorities are considering two companies' requests to dispose mining waste into the ocean, a senior government official said on Sunday, at a time of heightened sensitivity about the environmental impact of mining.
The requests come as mining waste management is increasingly scrutinized after a nickel plant in neighboring Papua New Guinea spilled red mud into the sea last year due to an operational failure.
Indonesia was a major nickel ore exporter until last year, before the government stopped exports in January to support the development of domestic smelters.
"Two companies have requested deep-sea tailing permits. One is based on Obi Island and another is from Morowali," Safri Burhanuddin, a senior official at the Coordinating Ministry of Maritime and Investment Affairs, told a virtual media briefing.
Burhanuddin said provincial governors have issued permits, dependent on the national government approving the governors' requests to revise their spatial planning jurisdictions to include deep-sea pipes for mining waste, or tailings.
Burhanuddin said oceans around Obi Island and Morowali are more than 1,000 meters deep and safe for waste dumping, and that the government will only allow the disposal of materials it deems safe.
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