Indonesia targets illegal mining on 190,000 hectares of forest land
The military-backed forestry task force said last week it had taken over 8,800 hectares of land where nickel, coal, quartz sand and limestone were being mined.
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US in talks with Brazil on rare earth partnership: FT
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