REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MATARAM -- PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara, on Friday, denied reports claiming that the mining enterprise was dumping toxic waste into the waters of Nusa Tenggara using the MV Redrock tanker ship.

"According to the manifest, the waste loaded on MV Redrock vessel was used as lubricants and other worn out materials, which have been granted permission to be recycled in some third-party facilities," Manager of Social Responsibility of PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara Syarafuddin Jarot stated here in a release.

The enterprise has allowed the local authority to conduct investigation on the MV Redrock's manifest.

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