Editing Open-pit mining (section)

===Deforestation===
Open-pit [[Nickel mine|nickel mining]] has led to environmental degradation and pollution in developing countries such as the [[List of mines in the Philippines|Philippines]] and [[List of mines in Indonesia|Indonesia]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rick |first1=Mills |title=Indonesia and China killed the nickel market |url=https://www.mining.com/web/indonesia-and-china-killed-the-nickel-market/ |work=MINING.COM |date=4 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Land grabs and vanishing forests: Are 'clean' electric vehicles to blame? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/14/land-grabs-and-cleared-forests-why-electric-vehicles-are-getting-a-bad-rep |work=Al Jazeera |date=14 March 2024}}</ref> In 2024, nickel mining and processing was one of the main causes of [[deforestation in Indonesia]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Indonesia's massive metals build-out is felling the forest for batteries |url=https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-nickel-deforestation-rainforest-mining-tesla-ev-184550cddf1df6aad8e883862ab366df |work=AP News |date=15 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=EU faces green dilemma in Indonesian nickel |url=https://www.dw.com/en/eu-faces-green-dilemma-in-sourcing-nickel-from-indonesia/a-69681557 |work=Deutsche Welle |date=16 July 2024}}</ref> Open-pit [[Copper extraction|cobalt mining]] has led to [[Deforestation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo|deforestation]] and habitat destruction in the [[Mining industry of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Democratic Republic of Congo]].<ref>{{cite news |title=How 'modern-day slavery' in the Congo powers the rechargeable battery economy |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/02/01/1152893248/red-cobalt-congo-drc-mining-siddharth-kara |work=[[NPR]] |date=1 February 2023}}</ref>