Indonesia was the world’s third-largest tin producer in 2023 after ... people,” said Dedi. Tin mining is the primary profession in Bangka, an island of about 1.1 million people where about ...

Coastal tin mining in Bangka-Belitung Islands province. Image by Nopri Ismi/Mongabay-Indonesia. For Bambang, the legal battles and public attacks cut deeper than professional challenges — they ...

Indonesia is the world's biggest exporter of raw tin, and most of it comes from the islands of Bangka and Belitung. But today, the land supply is almost gone, so miners have moved to the sea ...

a region that depends heavily on tin production. "The majority of residents in Bangka Belitung work in the mining sector. When companies face criminal charges, it results in mass layoffs, an economic ...

Indonesia named five tin firms as "corporate suspects" in an illegal mining case linked to state mining firm PT Timah , the office of Attorney General said on Thursday. Indonesian prosecutors name ...