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Article

25 Nov 2004

Author:
Reuters

Indonesia says Newmont Mining Case up to Court

A controversial pollution case involving...Newmont Mining Corp., should be left to Indonesian courts, the government said...a government-commissioned probe...found sediment in Buyat Bay near a mine run by PT Newmont Minahasa Raya had significant levels of arsenic and mercury...Newmont maintains...it followed Indonesian laws [&]...was vindicated by two earlier studies -- one by the Indonesian government and another by the World Health Organisation -- which concluded Buyat Bay was not polluted.