During this illegal mining in Indonesia was not a word we rarely hear, or even we can say already very widespread in Indonesia and not become just another talking point. There are many types of illegal mining itself, be it diamonds, tin, coal and one of them is a Gold Mining Without a Permit is commonly abbreviated with the PETI. Gold mining is what we will discuss in depth with what has happened to our environment, as indeed in these days we often hear that of all illegal mining in Indonesia, mining emaslah most developing rapidly, but with a note in status of "Illegal". Mining is also a particularly teletak in the region of West Kalimantan Province, District Overseer.
But actually not only the foreman in an area with mining in large amounts, in fact there are still other areas such as coastal areas of Kapuas River, the area to be a place of mining from the river upstream to downstream river, even the miners continued to mine the gold down to the river chicks them. So that is definitely going into the river Kapuas river pollution is high enough mining materials.Along the river is estimated at almost there, this untuksaat at least there are 2,000 diesel engines along the Kapuas River and the child is young. The number of workers is estimated at more than 10 thousand people, divided in 1400 a group of miners. Ironically, the majority of miners were unlicensed miners alias. The miners were generally sedentary. The reason, allegedly Kapuas gold reserves depleted after mass dredged post-1997 monetary crisis. Not only in the upper Kapuas River, the gold hunters also have been transferred to the mainland because it's gold reserves provided by the Kapuas river has been reduced, so that the miners turned to the place which is more likely to be dredged, and even continued to grind down to every hill and mountain in Borneo . In this event we will also be know until where vandalism that occurred on land. Although illegal, the action of the miners could still last for years. The miners claimed to have been paying protection money every month to the authorities who come to visit mining camps. Local government as powerless. What can be done only limited records the existence of the miners.
Back to our original topic before, maybe you rarely hear the name of the foreman in the sense of understanding as a region of course, so it is important for readers to understand what it is like a city foreman to natinya we will discuss at length about his illegal gold mining. Foreman is a district that is under the auspices of Landak District. This place is one tourist destination in the area west kalimantan due to a monument that a silent witness to the massacre of the Japanese army against the people of Indonesia, the Dayak tribe Especially when Indonesia was still under Japanese colonial army at the time. Mador also has a protected forest that is visible from the street when you pass through the town foreman, who certainly can make you think that the foreman is a beautiful city. But behind all that you'll also see how dirty this city if you know more about what happened in this place. this is where miners like feel to get the most fertile farm land to be used as the dredging of natural wealth, and even this incident has occurred for years without ever sounding voice there will be a responsible party if a time will be no harmful effects that occur. Even the miners mining method no longer uses the traditional way but with jet engines that suck up water and sand to be discharged to the ground add to the destruction of the environment structure. Mining which has been operating for years, resulting in a nature reserve was heavily damaged Foreman and if you look around the foreman had looked into the desert wilderness of ravines and valleys are not karu-known.
Gold mining without a permit is a mining activity that occurs in almost all areas in West Kalimantan, including the District Hedgehogs and do not have permission illegal alias. This event is a traditional mining activities are usually done by people on the riverbank. This is what happened at first, but now this can be done with a jet engine. As already explained in discussing the beginning was, in general, illegal miners use one of the dangerous chemicals that Mercury as a binder gold. Mercury that is the most dangerous contents that are still used miners to the mining process. Gold miners in West Kalimantan are accustomed to using mercury or mercury to separate gold from sand and soil. It's hereditary. Even historically, the use of mercury has been made since before the days of independence. However, the peak occurred after the monetary crisis in which nearly 20 thousand people switched professions to become gold miners. In use for one gram of gold, at least need 1 to 2 g of mercury or mercury. So the consumption of toxic metal mercury miners in West Kalimantan reached 5 to 6 tons per year. While the amount of gold produced by the miners by Data Mining and Energy Office of West Kalimantan Province said the miners, gold production is estimated to reach 8 pounds more per day. This means that gold production per year unlicensed gold miners reached nearly three tons. If the price of one gram of gold is USD 170 thousand in money supply miners in West Kalimantan reached Rp 500 billion more per year. Indeed at first glance would be very tempting if we also go into these mines, especially with large result as above, but we also need to remember the greater our profits will be greater the damage will be caused, whether it is vandalism of land and even to the mercury pollution itself.
It has long been known that mercury is very harmful to humans such as there are diseases caused by mercury poisoning of Minamata. The use of excessive mercury and without understanding the dangers have resulted in damage to the ecosystem of the river in Landak District. An example is the river Foreman. Levels of mercury in the river Foreman has reached 8.977 mg / l is very far above the quality standards set by Government Regulation No. 82 of 2001 on Management of Water Quality and Water Pollution Control where the maximum Hg content diziinkan to be in a body of water is 0.005 mg / l ( for water criteria grade 4). (Source: Liputan6.com). In addition to causing rivers and bodies of water become polluted, PETI also cause turbidity and sedimentation on the river, this occurs because the mud the rest of mine also went into the water body, usually in the form of sludge produced is very thick almost like clay. Turbidity is caused by the high parameters of TSS (Total Suspended Solid) / total suspended solids. Rivers in District One Hedgehogs who have felt the direct impact of PETI was foreman of the river, where the river has become so murky and have a high mercury levels so that the water can no longer be used by communities around the river and the ecosystems that exist in the river becomes damaged. Not only that, mercury pollution also causes sentient beings who have become polluted river, such as fish. Fish that live in contaminated water especially vulnerable to poisoning, as mercury can be taken by mouth or skin and rotting in their organs, but the more dangerous the longer there are still people who consume the fish they get that river. From research with the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences University Tanjungpura, a few years ago mention the use of mercury gold miners have a serious impact on fish and humans, especially in the mining location. The content of mercury in fish in the waters of the Kapuas like toman fish, lais, cork, and baung been contaminated with highly concentrated toxic mercury, and even the impact of the miners with hair and nail the miners and the surrounding community. In addition, illegal mining has also been penetrated and damaged nature reserves and Tomb Juang Foreman which have historical value for Landak District.
When the earlier we continue to discuss the impact of Illegal Gold Mining damage and the effects of mercury are used, we may also wonder where the mercury actually got the impression that there are so readily available in the area of West Kalimantan, while according to existing data that there is only INDONESIA one company that has a permit to import mercury, and from the company information they never sent the mercury is down to West Kalimantan. Surprisingly again the world's largest mercury production in China and the rest in Kyrgyzstan is even spreading in West Kalimantan with the greatest use, is very risky considering the terms of the purposes of West Kalimantan are not require the existence of mercury. Most of the world's mercury fluorescent lamps used for industrial, blood pressure gauges, and thermometers. Because included in the category of toxic and hazardous (B3), the government appointed PT PPI as a special importer because it is the circulation of mercury may not exceed the standard used.
Back to where mercury was found, apparently the spread of mercury was held by some syndicates that have spread mercury from diJakarta agents, much worse syndicate involved in the spread of mercury is the International Syndicate. But the good news of two international syndicates distributing mercury dikalimantan been caught. According to police information network, each led by a network alias Ng Nam Hwat Asun bin Amat and tissue Cu Fa Tong.
Ng Nam Hwat network alias to a high Amat is with suppliers of illegal mercury from Jakarta. Amat admitted buying mercury in the size of the tubes weighing 34 kilograms from Jakarta for Rp 15 million per tube. In Pontianak, he sold the mercury-mercury that is bottled at Rp 490 thousand per bottle.
The second network is a network of Asun bin Cu Fa Tong. Asun is what police believed to be one supplier of mercury to these areas of illegal mining operations in Foreman, Monterado, Singkawang, Sintang, Ketapang, and Sekadau. Since the largest mercury distribution network in West Kalimantan have been arrested, now mercury traders choose to transact with furtive manner. They only sell to people who have known or using courier services such as those in Market Durian, Sintang. To Tim Sigi, a confessed courier can serve 10 miners each week. The couriers used to buy in the shops mercury vacuum mine or gold shops in Sintang every Friday with the price of USD 80-90 thousand per ounce. In the end, if we ask who will be responsible for this enormous problem, we also can not turn our eyes, we all should feel responsible in this matter because of our nature will also be our responsibility, but in this case government still have the biggest role, therefore, to keep the nature which have been damaged and disrupted this balance in order not to be getting damaged, it is necessary assertiveness on the part of government as the regulator to issue regulations that could prevent the occurrence of PETI action against the perpetrators of illegal miners, especially those financiers or owner without the owner's capital because capital miners will not be able to work and necessary consciousness of the perpetrators of illegal miners that what they do is bring little benefit to them but bring great losses to human nature and whose effects can last for years even decades.
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