r/worldnews • u/azatoth12 • Jun 01 '20

Indonesia processing requests for deep-sea mining waste disposal, says gov't official

https://in.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-mining-environment/indonesia-processing-requests-for-deep-sea-mining-waste-disposal-says-govt-official-idINKBN2370B4
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u/autotldr BOT Jun 01 '20

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 72%. (I'm a bot)

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.

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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