"mining expansion"

#12936689

2 November 2025

A landfill site is located right next to the smelter area of the nickel factory owned by Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park (IWIP) in Weda Bay, on Halmahera Island, North Maluku, Indonesia, on August 14, 2024. Massive forest destruction occurs for the surrounding community, including the indigenous Maluku tribe who protect the forest. Indonesia becomes the largest nickel ore miner and contributes to the world's largest battery technology market.

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#12936693

2 November 2025

A squalid factory worker's residence stands adjacent to the nickel industrial area owned by Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park (IWIP) in Weda Bay, on Halmahera Island, North Maluku, Indonesia, on August 14, 2024. Massive forest destruction occurs for the surrounding community, including for the indigenous Maluku tribe who protect the forest. Indonesia becomes the largest nickel ore miner and contributes to the world's largest battery technology market.

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#12936694

2 November 2025

A residential area is right next to the nickel smelter owned by Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park (IWIP) in Weda Bay, on Halmahera Island, North Maluku, Indonesia, on August 14, 2024. Massive forest destruction affects the surrounding community, including the indigenous Maluku tribes who protect the forest. Indonesia becomes the largest nickel ore miner and contributes to the world's largest battery technology market.

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#12936695

2 November 2025

A residential area is right next to the nickel smelter owned by Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park (IWIP) in Weda Bay, on Halmahera Island, North Maluku, Indonesia, on August 14, 2024. Massive forest destruction affects the surrounding community, including the indigenous Maluku tribes who protect the forest. Indonesia becomes the largest nickel ore miner and contributes to the world's largest battery technology market.

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#12936706

2 November 2025

A man carries a child to be evacuated due to flooding around the nickel industrial area owned by Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park (IWIP) in Weda Bay, on Halmahera Island, North Maluku, Indonesia, on August 13, 2024. Massive forest destruction occurs for the surrounding community, including the indigenous Maluku tribe, who protect the forest. Indonesia becomes the largest nickel ore miner and contributes to the world's largest battery technology market needs.

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#12936708

2 November 2025

A male miner walks through floodwaters around the nickel industrial area owned by Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park (IWIP) in Weda Bay, on Halmahera Island, North Maluku, Indonesia, on August 13, 2024. Massive forest destruction occurs for the surrounding community, including the indigenous Maluku tribe, who have protected the forest. Indonesia becomes the largest nickel ore miner and contributes to the world's largest battery technology market.

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#12936709

2 November 2025

A male miner walks through floodwaters around the nickel industrial area owned by Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park (IWIP) in Weda Bay, on Halmahera Island, North Maluku, Indonesia, on August 13, 2024. Massive forest destruction occurs for the surrounding community, including the indigenous Maluku tribe, who have protected the forest. Indonesia becomes the largest nickel ore miner and contributes to the world's largest battery technology market.

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#12936713

2 November 2025

A fishing village near the nickel industrial area owned by Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park (IWIP) in Weda Bay, on Halmahera Island, North Maluku, Indonesia, on August 14, 2024, experiences massive forest destruction, which has a devastating impact on the surrounding community, including the indigenous Maluku tribes who protect the forest. Indonesia becomes the largest nickel miner and contributes to the world's largest battery technology market.

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#12657653

18 August 2025

The village of Kakstan, once a miners' residential area, is now an open-air museum in Malmberget. Following the mine's expansion and the railway's completion in 1888, there is a surge of workers arriving from across the country, leading to a housing shortage. In response, miners build simple wooden houses from waste materials. The entire Malmberget town moves in 2020/2021 due to mining activities in the area. Underground mining is cost-effective and enables a high level of mechanization and automation. However, it causes deformations in the surface ground that, beyond a certain threshold, can render it impossible to maintain any infrastructure or residential areas in those locations.

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#12657654

18 August 2025

The village of Kakstan, once a miners' residential area, is now an open-air museum in Malmberget. Following the mine's expansion and the railway's completion in 1888, there is a surge of workers arriving from across the country, leading to a housing shortage. In response, miners build simple wooden houses from waste materials. The entire Malmberget town moves in 2020/2021 due to mining activities in the area. Underground mining is cost-effective and enables a high level of mechanization and automation. However, it causes deformations in the surface ground that, beyond a certain threshold, can render it impossible to maintain any infrastructure or residential areas in those locations.

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#12421803

29 May 2025

Construction workers on scaffolding guide a suspended concrete hopper into position during residential building works in Gauting, Starnberg, Bavaria, Upper Bavaria, Germany, on September 17, 2020. Germany does not build enough homes to meet the needs of its population.

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#12244166

9 April 2025

US President Donald Trump during an executive order signing ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. Trump is moving to expand the mining and use of coal inside the US, a bid to power the boom in energy-hungry data centers while seeking to revive a declining US fossil fuel industry.

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#12244178

9 April 2025

US President Donald Trump during an executive order signing ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. Trump is moving to expand the mining and use of coal inside the US, a bid to power the boom in energy-hungry data centers while seeking to revive a declining US fossil fuel industry.

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#12244181

9 April 2025

US President Donald Trump during an executive order signing ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. Trump is moving to expand the mining and use of coal inside the US, a bid to power the boom in energy-hungry data centers while seeking to revive a declining US fossil fuel industry.

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#12244184

9 April 2025

US President Donald Trump during an executive order signing ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. Trump is moving to expand the mining and use of coal inside the US, a bid to power the boom in energy-hungry data centers while seeking to revive a declining US fossil fuel industry.

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#12244193

9 April 2025

US President Donald Trump during an executive order signing ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. Trump is moving to expand the mining and use of coal inside the US, a bid to power the boom in energy-hungry data centers while seeking to revive a declining US fossil fuel industry.

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