Monday, April 23, 2007

Newmont, Executive Cleared by Indonesian Court of Violating Pollution Laws

(Bloomberg) -- An Indonesian court acquitted a local unit of Newmont Mining Corp., the world's second-largest gold miner, and a U.S. executive of charges they violated pollution laws in the Southeast Asian nation.

Richard Ness, president director of a now-closed gold mine, and PT Newmont Minahasa Raya were found not guilty of polluting a bay with mercury and arsenic, Presiding Judge Ridwan Damanik told the district court in Manado, North Sulawesi.


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