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Indonesian islands pay price for mining tin as demand for metal rises
Published Wed, Jan 11, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Sungai Liat, Indonesia
DEEP beneath the murky ocean, Paci breathes through a thin plastic tube as he dredges the seabed for tin, a vital component inside smartphones and tablets that's brought riches and ruin to his island home.
One-third of the world's tin comes from the Indonesian islands of Bangka and Belitung, where thousands risk serious injury and death in the mines.
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