page_title: Sumbawa
section_title: Newmont Mine
hierarchical_section_title: Sumbawa / Economy / Newmont Mine
caption_attribution_description: English: View of the Batu Hijau mine from the viewing platform. The ultimate pit, when mining has completed, will be considerably larger.
context_page_description: Sumbawa is an Indonesian island, located in the middle of the Lesser Sunda Islands chain, with Lombok to the west, Flores to the east, and Sumba further to the southeast. Along with Lombok, it is part of the province of West Nusa Tenggara, but there has been talk by the Indonesian government of turning the island into a separate province. Traditionally, the island is known as the source of sappanwood, as well as honey and sandalwood. Its savanna-like climate and vast grasslands are used to breed horses and cattle, as well as to hunt deer.
  Sumbawa has an area of 15,448 square kilometres or 5,965 square miles with an etimated population of 1.39 million. It marks the boundary between the islands to the west, which were influenced by religion and culture spreading from India, and the region to the east that was less influenced. In particular this applies to both Hinduism and Islam.
context_section_description: A large gold and copper mine,  Newmont Mining Corporation's Batu Hijau mine began commercial operations in 2000, a decade after the copper and gold were discovered.   Newmont holds a 45% stake in the operation through its shareholding in PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara.  A local unit of Japan's Sumitomo Corporation has a 35% share. The mine is located in southwest Sumbawa.
  Due to the mine, Sumbawa Barat Regency  along with other remote mining towns, and Jakarta, have the highest GDP per capita rates in Indonesia, Sumbawa Barat's is 156.25 million rupiah ($17,170 USD) as of 2010,  Newmont and its partners have invested about $1.9 billion in the mine.  The reserves are expected to last until 2034, making Batu Hijau one of the largest copper mines in the world.
caption: Batu hijau mine, 2006
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