
mercury
Indonesian Police’s Pot of Gold in Papua
Back in the New Order days, soldiers were often used to enforce land grabs by former president Suharto's grasping family members and his circle of business cronies across many parts of the country. The police and the ...
London 2012 & Rio Tinto – The Great Olympic Greenwash
London will soon play host to the 2012 Olympics, which organisers boast will be the most environmentally friendly ever. But with the metal for all the medals coming from one huge polluting hole in the ground in Utah, ...
West Papua – Suspected Mercury Contamination of Degeuwo River by Gold Miners
Elemental mercury which makes it easy to separate gold from other metal compounds was allegedly used by unscrupulous owners of the gold mine at the site Tayaga II in Paniai district, West Papua. ...