ON a corner in Jrakah, not much life was left. A heap of slag stood conspicuously. It was pitch-black. The heap packed the corner of land owned by PT General Yaja Steel, a smelter company without a name board in Jrakah, Semarang. It was even higher than the plots 1.5-meter fences. Part of the waste overflowed onto the agricultural area outside the railings, covering the rice field nearby.

Several meters from the slagheap was a roaring chimney with