THE Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) found a number of violations by Freeport Indonesia in the management of tailings, or the mine dumps from gold mining activities in Papua. The state auditor estimates that the potential for environmental damaged by the tailing Modified Ajkwa Deposition Area (ModADA) in Mimika Regency to reach Rp185 trillion.

The environmental and forestry ministry is giving Freeport up to 2024 to clear the pollution. The US-based mi...