A high court ruled that a foreign company must pay medical expenses for a Congolese worker has drawn attention to the risks of international mining investment.
In late January, Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo participated in the groundbreaking ceremony for a new, $2.1 billion coal gasification plant in Tanjung Enim, South Sumatra. The project, a partnership between Indonesian state-owned coal mining company PT Tambang Batubara Bukit Asam (PTBA) and U.S.-based Air Products and Chemicals, aims to produce a type of liquid […]
The resumption of coal mining poses a danger to global warming ambitions. As data shows the amount of emissions, the energy crisis motivates plans to expand the usage of the worst fossil fuel.