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The Grasberg mine has one of the largest reserves of gold and copper in the world. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is located in Mimika Regency , Central Papua , Indonesia near Puncak Jaya . It is operated by PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI, see below ), a joint venture among the government of Indonesia , government of Central Papua , and American company Freeport ...
On 16 March 2006, students from Cenderawasih University protested the Grasberg mine in Abepura, Jayapura, where they blocked the road to the airport and refused talks with representatives of local authorities and did not disperse when ordered by police.
28 June 1978: Six women who were accused to have connections to the OPM were pack-raped and shot dead in Babuma. [citation needed] Unknown: North Biak, 12 people were shot after receiving permission to leave camp to collect sago for a village feast. 1981: 10 Papuans were killed, and 58 disappeared without trace in Paniai Region.
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Families and friends began burying loved ones on Thursday who were among at least 16 people killed in the collapse of an illegally operated gold mine in a remote area of central Venezuela. The ...
One man has died after he and a coworker were trapped beneath tons of concrete and steel when an 11-story building being demolished collapsed at an abandoned eastern Kentucky mine's coal ...
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths directly or indirectly caused by the deadliest wars in history. These numbers encompass the deaths of military personnel resulting directly from battles or other wartime actions, as well as wartime or war-related civilian deaths, often caused by war-induced epidemics, famines, or genocides.
[There were no deaths due to deterministic effects (i.e., people receiving a high dose of radiation, rapidly becoming ill, and dying); the 100–240 figure is an estimate of the number of people who died later in life due to cancer caused by radiation from the accident [29]]. 95–4,000+ [30] [31] 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster.