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NT government to consider independent air monitoring on Groote Eylandt amid manganese mine dust concerns

Cars coated in manganese dust on Groote Eylandt. (ABC News: Jane Bardon)

In the community of Angurugu on Groote Eylandt, where dust from a manganese mine coats anything in the open air, Angela Wurramara is just one of the Wanandilyakwa people worried about the health impacts of the mining operation.

The dust falls from the South32 Gemco mine, the largest manganese mine in the world, off the Northern Territory's Arnhem Land coast. 

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