Cheap coal, cheap workers, Chinese money: Indonesia’s nickel success comes at a price
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Jakarta hopes the industry is the ticket to becoming a developed nation. But there are fears the toll on the environment – and people’s lives – will be too highGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastStanding chest-deep in the Molucca Sea, just outside the billowing smokestacks of the world’s largest nickel industry, Upin adjusts his mask and dives. Members of his people, the Bajau, have been known to stay underwater for more than 10 minutes but Upin resurfaces...

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