Yes, my fault. I should've posted the sources....

Yes, my fault. I should've posted the sources.

https://www.kompasiana.com/pitherpu...u-timor-untuk-mereka-yang-sedang-berebut-ri-1

https://www.kompasiana.com/nadapbetty/54f963dba3331142038b4d69/mangan-tts

https://blogs.uajy.ac.id/junaidipratama/2015/03/02/mangan/
https://www.merdeka.com/peristiwa/j...-perdagangan-manusia-pertambangan-di-ntt.html

Demonstations
http://kabarekologi.blogspot.com/2014/09/galeri-aksi-tolak-tambang-di-manggarai.html

From blogs written in Indonesia.

"The lack of knowledge of the government and the people of NTT about Manganese is used by investors to conduct illegal transactions, by way of conducting Manganese exploration on the pretext of sampling or making direct transactions to purchase Manganese into the community at very low prices because the public does not know the proper price of Manganese. Sampling should be just a few cubic meters, but in fact investors take Manganese to tons."

"Every day hundreds of tons of manganese are exported. And again this fact makes us only be able to stroking the chest, Timor manganese which is included in the highest quality class is apparently very low valued at the level of the mining community. If in the Chinese international market the price of manganese reaches Rp. 80 thousand / kg, at the community level, only Rp. 200- / kg. Agricultural lands and forests change their function to manganese mining land. The holes in the former manganese excavation were wide open throughout the territory of Timor, starting from the western tip of Kupang Regency to the east of Belu Regency. The damaged environment was ransacked, welfare was only a dream. Manganese mining activity at a depth of 3 meters."

"For the problem of managing manganese this time it will be focused on one of the beautiful islands, East Nusa Tenggara. To explore the potential of manganese itself is still done traditionally by the local people by digging and collecting it in a container. Even manganese is still exported in the form of ore or in the form of ore minerals, and can not be further processed into ingots (cast-shaped metal) and finished products. That is why manganese mining is carried out on a small scale. And most of them are still in the process of exploration, there are still few who have entered the production stage.
According to data from the NTT Mining Office, there are also about 300 manganese Mining Business Permits (IUP) granted by the local government in a number of districts / cities in NTT. Of these, only half or around 150 IUPs are actually conducting exploration stages. While those who have produced no more than 20 companies. Yes very little."

"WALHI NTT notes that there are many facts (in TTU) that the price of manganese is unfair, ranging from Rp. 400 to Rp. 1,500 per kilogram. Of course this price is not comparable to the cost of manganese production, and other continued impacts experienced by miners and the environment. The state and the mining community were not involved in determining the price of manganese at all. All depend on the market mechanism, namely the corporation itself. Ecological Impacts People's mining news does not damage ecology is irrational. Facts show, mining, whatever the model and shape always damage the environment. At TTU (2011), the public miners dismantle the land and trees to get manganese. As a result, many mine holes open without any reclamation efforts. "

http://naifherry.blogspot.com/2015/