Editing Sumbawa (section)

==Economy==
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[[File:Batu hijau mine.jpg|thumb|Batu Hijau mine, 2006]]

Many of the island residents are at risk of starvation when crops fail due to lack of rainfall.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}  The majority of the population works in agriculture. Tourism is just beginning, with a few surf spots renowned for being world-class, Jelenga and Supersuck Beaches <ref name="ntbmap"/> near the mine, as well as Hu'u and Lakey Beach <ref name="ntbmap"/> in the [[Cempi Bay|Gulf of Cempi]].

===Newmont Mine===
A large [[gold]] and [[copper]] mine,  [[Newmont Mining Corporation]]'s [[Batu Hijau mine]] began commercial operations in 2000, a decade after the copper and gold were discovered.<ref>[http://www.jatam.org/english/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=359&Itemid=69]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001035906/http://www.jatam.org/english/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=359&Itemid=69|date=October 1, 2011}}</ref>   Newmont holds a 45% stake in the operation through its shareholding in PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara.  A local unit of Japan's [[Sumitomo Corporation]] has a 35% share. The mine is located in southwest Sumbawa.

Due to the mine, Sumbawa Barat Regency along with other remote mining towns, and Jakarta, has the highest [[GDP per capita]] rates in Indonesia, Sumbawa Barat's is 156.25 million rupiah (US$17,170) {{As of|2010|lc=y}},<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bps.go.id/booklet/Booklet_Feb_2012.pdf|title=Perkembangan Beberapa Indikator, Utama Sosial-Ekonomi, Indonesia|publisher=Bps.go.id|access-date=18 November 2014}}</ref>  Newmont and its partners have invested about $1.9 billion in the mine.  The reserves are expected to last until 2034, making Batu Hijau one of the largest copper mines in the world.<br>
It is also one of the worst water-polluting mines,<ref>{{cite web |title= Cuivre, or et autres merveilles de Batu Hijau |website= oui.surf |url= https://oui.surf/tresor-de-batu-hijau-a-sumbawa/ |access-date= 2024-06-21 }}</ref> notably with at least three pipe breaks since its opening in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |title= Golden rules: Making the case for responsible mining |type= report by Earthworks and Oxfam America |website= oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com |date= 2007 |url= https://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10546/620767/bn-golden-rules-mining-310308-en.pdf?sequence=1 |access-date= 2024-06-21 }}</ref>

Another important deposit of gold and copper has been discovered in 2020 near Onto.<ref>{{cite web |title= Onto, Sumbawa, Indonesia. Main commodities: Cu, Au |website= portergeo.com.au |url= https://portergeo.com.au/database/mineinfo.asp?mineid=mn1682 |access-date= 2024-06-21 }}</ref> PT Sumbawa Timur Mining (STM) hopes to start exploitation in 2030.<ref>{{cite web |title= Sumbawa Timur Mining to Exploit Mineral Reserve in 2030 |website= dinsights.katadata.co.id |url= https://dinsights.katadata.co.id/read/2023/03/17/sumbawa-timur-mining-to-exploit-mineral-reserve-in-2030 |access-date= 2024-06-21 }}</ref>

[[File:PotoTanoHarbour.JPG|thumb|Harbour of Poto Tano]]