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| has gloss | eng: Buyat Bay is small bay on the south coast of Minahassa Peninsula on the north of Sulawesi island of Indonesia. Since 1996, Newmont Mining Corporation under its subsidiary company, PT Newmont Minahasa Raya, has been using the bay as the tailing (mine waste) dumping ground for its gold mining activities. In 2004, local people in the area complained several unusual health problems which further suspected Newmonts for breaching the mining waste level regulation to had contaminated the area with hazardous materials. A legal case between the government of Indonesia versus one of the companys top executive is still ongoing. |
| lexicalization | eng: Buyat Bay |
| instance of | c/Bays of Indonesia |
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