Tambang dan Masyarakat: Dampak Ekonomi dan Kesehatan Dumping Tailing bagi Masyarakat Pesisir Lingkar Tambang

Abstract

The gold mining company PTAMNT, which operates in West Sumbawa, discharges its mine waste into the middle of the sea using the deep sea tailing placement (DSTP) method. For local people, the presence of foreign goods is seen as dangerous for their economic life and health. The toxins in it can contaminate sea water and fish. Even though their life depends a lot on the sea. Therefore, society rejects its existence. This study questions the level of acceptance of the local community as well as the economic and health impacts of tailings dumping. This study uses a qualitative method, by putting forward case studies. Data collection used the method of observation, in-depth interviews, focused group discussion, and document searches. Initially, the economic life and health of the community were considered to be affected by tailings dumping. However, local people's understanding turned out to be dynamic. When the knowledge and experience of the community increases and is in different contexts, the perspective on tailings (DSTP) changes and can accept it. Their knowledge and experience shows that tailings dumping using the DSTP method does not have any (bad) impacts on both economic life and health. It was understood later that the real big problem for the local community was not tailings dumping and its impacts, but rather the existence of the mining company itself as a whole which was seen as not always giving significant meaning to daily economic and social life.