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Dozens dead and injured in nickel-processing plant explosion in Indonesia

Dr. Mansour Al-Maswari

Mansour Al-Maswari

Published December 24th, 2023 - 07:30 GMT
Plant explosion in Indonesia
Workers watch the burning petrochemical plant in Gresik, in East Java, 20 January 2004. More than 50 people were injured Tuesday when a major fire swept through storage tanks at an Indonesian petrochemicals plant following two explosions, according to the officials. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo by AFP)
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The plant, which is a part of PT Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel Smelter Furnace in Morowali Regency, Central Sulawesi, experienced an explosion at 5:30 AM, resulting in a total of 51 victims

ALBAWABA- In a tragic incident at a nickel-processing plant in Indonesia, 13 people have lost their lives, and 39 others are reported injured. 

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The plant, which is a part of PT Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel Smelter Furnace in Morowali Regency, Central Sulawesi, experienced an explosion at 5:30 AM, resulting in a total of 51 victims, according to a statement by park spokesperson Dedy Kurniawan.

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Dr. Mansour Al-Maswari

Mansour Al-Maswari

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Dr. Mansour Al-Maswari is Postdoctoral Fellow at Columbia University-Global Center, Amman. A Yemeni academician with a Ph.D. in English "Comparative Literature" and two MA degrees, one in political science and the other in English, Dr. Al-Maswari possesses more than 17 years of extensive experience in university-level teaching, research, research reviewing, bilingual translation, and copy-writing...

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