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I want to add a comment so people can watch this video about poor folks doing sea mining in Indonesia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYAw26nSzBA&t=657s https
by geuis 4y ago
I want to add a comment so people can watch this video about poor folks doing sea mining in Indonesia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYAw26nSzBA&t=657s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYAw26nSzBA&t=657s
I'm not posting this as a critique of the parent link, just as additional data about this topic.
Summary: In many Indonesian islands, there used to be large deposits of tin. Those have mostly been mined out, and sea floor mining has taken over. There are approved commercial companies that do it, but the video shows poor folks who are doing offshore seafloor mining "illegally" in very unsafe conditions. In either case, the practice rips up the sea bed and causes ecology problems.
* I quote "illegally" because the system largely sounds like it's powered by bribes to get the right certifications.
- emmelaich 4y agoTin mining brought Indonesia and Malaya an enormous amount of wealth. Unevenly of course, and also much to the parent Anglo-American companies. Look at the scale of this tin mining dredge: https://tt5perak.com/ https://tt5perak.com/ The last preserved, originally one of hundreds. BTW your link is to a very late moment in that video.