100% true.
Worker safety too. I was at a mine in Indonesia and they said they had the best safety record in the entire country and were very proud of it.
I was there for three months and two people died in accidents! But it employed thousands, so percentage-wise they were rated “excellent”!
Displaced villages, silted up the rivers, etc. Heck - the mine (and nearby prospects) “displaced” the entire region. Indonesia was supposed to give the area their independence (Irian Jaya) but then the minerals were discovered....