Indonesia’s Koba Tin faces 2nd illegal mining probe
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia’s second-largest tin producer, PT Koba Tin, should stop using sub-contractors to mine tin as the company faces its second investigation into alleged illegal mining, a senior government official said on Friday.
Indonesia is the world’s No. 2 tin producer after China. A government crackdown on illegal tin mining in the Bangka-Belitung islands since late 2006 has led to the closure of several small smelters.