For the Second Time in Six Months, a Mining Ship Has Polluted This World-Famous Reef

By Yessenia Funes
AP
The first bauxite spill back in February.
Months after a cargo ship ran aground and began spilling heavy fuel near Rennell Island’s world-famous coral reef, another ship has reportedly spilled more than 5,500 tons of bauxite, the ore mined for aluminum, in the same location in the Solomon Islands.

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