Transformed landscape: A lake known as Kulong Biru (blue lake) in Koba, on the island of Bangka, is the result of heavy mining. — Reuters
FROM the shores of Bangka island, miners like Hendra head out by boat every day to scores of crudely built wooden pontoons dotted off the coast that are equipped to dredge the seabed for lucrative deposits of tin ore.
Indonesia is the world’s biggest exporter of tin used in everything from food packaging to electronics and now green technologies.
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