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Freeport, the polluter

  • 14/06/2006

Freeport, the polluter Rivers, estuaries and a national park, which is a world heritage site, in the West Papua province of Indonesia are being polluted by mining in the area, says the mining company's own risk-assessment report.

Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc's report was leaked to an environment group, Walhi, or Friends of the Earth Indonesia. It disclosed that the company was dumping a billion tonnes of tailings

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