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Stories about: tin mining

Indonesian Landscape Resembles the Moon The Bangka-Belitung Islands, a part of Indonesia off the coasts of Sumatra, looks like it was just hit by a severe carpet bombing. Helicopter views show large holes in the ground, surrounded by miles and miles of slurry soil dotted by turquoise-colored lakes that are highly-acidic in nature, as a direct by-product of... 22 October 2008 05:02 GMT