Indonesia Finds Environmental Violations in Morowali Nickel Hub

ENVIRONMENT - JAKARTA. A nickel processing hub managed by PT Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park has been ordered to rectify a series of "serious" environmental violations, including the construction of plants on unapproved land, Indonesia's Environment Ministry said on Wednesday.

PT IMIP built plants and conducted other activities on 1,800 hectares (4,447.9 acres) of land that were not included in the company's original environmental impact assessment report, the ministry said in a statement.

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