‘Same dangerous project’: Outrage grows after Indonesia revives disputed mine

Published on May 28, 2026

Indonesia’s environment ministry has reapproved a controversial zinc and lead mine in North Sumatra, less than a year after the Supreme Court forced it to revoke the project’s earlier environmental approval over disaster-risk concerns.

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