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Coal mining in East Kalimantan has destroyed forests as well as contaminated food and water sources. and Read more below about how the government allows this to happen and what the citizens of the area want. Read more on The Malaysian Insider. Read more about environmental degradation in Borneo and then join... Read More >

Open pit coal mining is a far cry from the deep underground mines we associate with the industry in the UK. Bumi Resources'' mines have required the clearing of large areas of forest, with hillsides being cut open to expose layers of coal and earth.

The development of coal mines in East Kalimantan is having a huge impact on local and indigenous populations, destroying the forest and displacing communities. London banks and City financiers take the profit. Now coal mining is poised to rip through central Kalimantan, or Borneo. Just 30 years ago ...

BHP Billiton to be slammed for Borneo coal mining at AGM, Press Release by Down to Earth and London Mining Network London, Tuesday 22 nd October 2013 The board of controversial mining giant BHP Billiton is set to be slammed at its AGM by an Indonesian activist over seven coal concessions collectively covering an area of more than 350,000 ...

Coal consumption was expected to increase to Mt in 2010 and, because domestic coal could not meet the demand, the country was expected to increase coal imports to fill the gap. Most imported coal was from Australia, China, and Indonesia." As of mid2010, the Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd is lobbying for approval of Lahad Datu once more.

In this case, Eventually, if all these plans are materialised, i ntact forest coverage of Borneo will only be 11%. Other causes for deforestation are also linked to human development and include mining (for coal or for gold and other minerals), infrastructure development (roads, human settlements, etc.) and fires.

Result: there is almost nothing left of the native forest. Indonesia has the fastest rate of tropical deforestation of any other nation on Earth. Rivers are polluted, often toxic. Hundreds of species are gone forever. Unbridled coal mining is scarring the land. Horrid palm oil plantations are replacing everything.

Mar 23, 2017· Downstream from a coal mine, villages in Indonesian Borneo suffer from water pollution. ... around 75 percent of the province has been assigned for coal mining. PT Indominco Mandiri, a .

A hunger for coal threatens the Heart of Borneo. Jenny Denton. The Jakarta Post. 20 May 2014. Kalimantan The project could see more than a billion tons of coal dug up from an area of global significance, where indigenous people have lived for generations amid the forests and rivers.

Jun 04, 2008· Bloomberg reported that BHP Billiton Ltd, the world''s largest mining company, may begin producing coking coal from a mine in Indonesia''s part of Borneo next .

Nov 20, 2013· Mining the Heart of Borneo: coal production in Indonesia Commentary by Wendy Miles on 20 November 2013 Indonesia is the world''s top exporter of coal .

practices of companies and individuals operating there. Furthermore, much of the mining in Borneo is for coal; burning coal is a significant contributor to climate change which is adding to environmental and social pressures in Borneo and around the world. Mining in Borneo has been carried out by traditional miners since the eighteenth century.

Oct 22, 2013· Press Release by Down to Earth and London Mining Network London, Tuesday 22 nd October 2013 The board of controversial mining giant BHP Billiton is set to be slammed at its AGM by an Indonesian activist over seven coal concessions collectively covering an area of more than 350,000 hectares in the relatively unspoilt rainforest centre of the island of Borneo.

Tugboat pulling heavy loaded barge of coal cruising Mahakam River in Borneo, Indonesia: Adobe Stock Photos

[2]IndoMet Coal Project. This article is part of the Coal Issues portal on SourceWatch, a project of CoalSwarm and the Center for Media and Democracy. The IndoMet Coal Project (ICP) (which was initially referred to by BHP Billiton as the Maruwai coal project), covers five potential coal deposits in East and Central Kalimantan in Indonesia.

Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo, is known for its pristine beaches, abundant wildlife and biodiverse rainforest a vital source of livelihoods for indigenous communities. It is also an area under threat, as the Indonesian government continues to support intensive coal mining in the area.

Oct 30, 2013· The Guardian Back to home. ... Swallowed by coal: UK profits from Indonesia''s destructive mining industry ... BHP Billiton''s Borneo coal concessions will be a .

Dec 17, 2015· Standing on a hilltop in Kerta Buena, an Indonesian village on the island of Borneo, local farmers look out over a blackened moonscape. In the 1980s the land was forested, but now it is pockmarked with craters where miners have clawed coal from the earth. On a recent November afternoon, trucks ...

A coalseam fire is a natural burning of an outcrop or underground coal seam. Most coalseam fires exhibit smoldering combustion, particularly underground coalseam fires, because of limited atmospheric oxygen availability. Coalseam fire instances on Earth date back several million years.

"The Santan River is the lifeblood of the people of Santan Ilir, Santan Tengah and Santan Hulu villages," said student activist Taufik Inskander (26), sitting on the veranda of his parents'' home in Santan Ilir, in the Kutai Kartanegara district of East Kalimantan in Indonesian Borneo. "This ...

Jul 16, 2014· Coal mining is bringing devastation to landscapes and livelihoods in Kalimantan, where a coalrush is in full swing. Indonesia is now the world''s largest exporter of thermal coal supplying power stations and generating electricity in India, China, Europe and many other countries around the world.

Indonesia Forests to Coal With over 17,000 islands, Indonesia is the world''s largest archipelago and a major center of biological diversity, harboring between 10 and 15% of all known plant, mammal and The incredible abundance of fauna and flora in its great rainforests on the islands of Borneo, Sumatra and New Guinea is unparal

May 27, 2014· A new coal mining project may dig up more than a billion tons of coal from an area of global significance, where indigenous people have lived for generations amid the forests and rivers. Read more below to find out just how much destruction and suffering this project will cause. ... The Borneo Project c/o Earth Island Institute 2150 Allston Way ...

East Kalimantan (Indonesian: Kalimantan Timur) is a province of territory comprises the eastern portion of has a population of about million, and its capital is Samarinda. The province will host the future capital city of Indonesia that will be built on the border of Kutai Kartanegara and North Penajam Paser regencies. While the future capital is yet to be named ...
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