Nickel, page-17

Yep, good for the price of nickel but horrible for the environment. Same goes for dodgy tin mines particularly in Indonesia. Much needs to be done to regulate these operations.

"The word "dilemma" is the one most locals use to describe the situation in Bangka. Tin mining is a lucrative but destructive trade that has scarred the island's landscape, bulldozed its farms and forests, killed off its fish stocks and coral reefs, and dented tourism to its pretty palm-lined beaches. The damage is best seen from the air, as pockets of lush forest huddle amid huge swaths of barren orange earth. Where not dominated by mines, this is pockmarked with graves, many holding the bodies of miners who have died over the centuries digging for tin. Encircling the island are the dredgers and the suction ships and the thousands of illegal pontoons sucking up ore from the seabed like mechanised mosquitoes."