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Crushing illegal miners for saving Indonesia's environment

The Banten Provincial Police have made sustained efforts to curtail illegal gold mining activities, including by ...

North Sumatra government pledges to clampdown on illegal gold miners

The North Sumatra provincial administration has made a solemn promise to crackdown on illegal gold miners in Mandailing ...

Indonesian police to prioritize handling Papua's armed criminals

The Indonesian police will channel its efforts into handling armed criminals targeting civilians after potential ...

Withdraw troops from Papua to avoid confrontation: analyst

The Indonesian government should consider withdrawing its troops from Papua and West Papua provinces to avoid ...

Unidentified group kills five gold miners in Yahukimo

Indonesian Police’s spokesman Brig. Gen Dedi Prasetyo confirmed at least five gold miners were at the receiving ...

Timika immigration deports 12 foreign nationals

The immigration authorities in Mimika District, Papua Province, deported 12 foreign nationals for misusing their stay ...

Death toll from North Sulawesi mine landslide rises to 27

Death toll from a landslide in a smallholder mining site in Bakan Village, Bolaang Mongondow District, North Sulawesi ...

Death toll from landslide at North Sulawesi mine reaches 13

The death toll from a landslide in a smallholder mining site in Bakan Village, Bolaang Mongondow District, North ...

Tens of gold miners buried in North Sulawesi

Tens of gold miners were buried in a mining site at Bakan Village, Bolaang Mongondow District, North Sulawesi ...

Mafia operating on Mount Botak: legislator

Reentry of thousands of illegal gold miners on Mount Botak despite repeated closure by the government is inseparable ...

Evacuation of illegal miners results in vain

The evacuation process of seven illegal gold miners trapped in their own excavation hole in the village of Parit ...

Jambi`s seven illegal gold miners still trapped underground: Rescuers

An operation is underway to rescue seven illegal gold miners trapped in an underground shaft they had dug in Parit ...

Gold prospectors demand reopening of gold stores in Timika

Thousands of traditional gold prospectors in the Kali Kabur river of Timika, Papua, demanded the reopening of gold ...

President orders to stop mercury use in traditional mining

President Joko Widodo has instructed small-scale gold miners to stop the use of mercury, as it could damage the ...

SAR team has difficulties rescuing illegal gold miners buried in pit

Emergency teams have found it difficult to rescue 11 illegal gold miners buried in a 50-meter deep pit at Sei Macang ...