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Friday, 30 December 11
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD ISSUE PERMITS - THE JAKARTA POST
 The Jakarta Post reported that, business associations from both the palm oil and mining sectors have suggested that the central government should reclaim the authority to issue operating permits to private companies.
The associations said that confusion occurred under the current arrangements and this led to conflict between companies and locals.
The Indonesian Mining Association (IMA) called on the government to review the 2009 Minerals and Coal Law because it granted “exclusive authority” to local governments in managing natural resources in regions as well as issuing operating permits to companies.
“The 2009 Minerals and Coal Law contradicts Article 33 of the 1945 Constitution which stipulates that the central government manages the country’s natural resources for the greater good of the people,” IMA executive director Syahrir A.B. told The Jakarta Post on Thursday.
Article 37 of the Mineral and Coal Law stipulates that permits for mining activities are to be issued by regents or mayors of areas where mining activities take place. It also stipulates that permits can be issued by governors or the minister under certain circumstances where mining areas cross different jurisdictions or provinces.
“However, the government must first prioritize the evaluation of all mining activities, as well as oil palm plantations, to check whether the operating permits were obtained through dubious processes,” said Syahrir, adding that the government should also involve the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to “check alleged corrupt practices involving local officials in the issuance of operating permits”.
Syahrir said that the 2009 law was responsible for inciting local conflicts involving mining companies, including the incident in Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, involving gold mining company PT Sumber Mineral Nusantara (SMN).
Two people were killed at Sape Seaport in Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, on Dec. 24 when members of the Police Mobile Brigade made efforts to disperse a crowd rallying against the future mining activities of SMN, citing environmental concerns.
Police forensic scientists have found that the victims were shot from a close range and now the police are investigating dozens of officers deployed to the scene to look into possible violations of standard operating procedures in crowd
control.
Ninety-five percent of SMN’s shares are owned by Australian Arc Exploration Limited, whose director, George Tahija, is also a commissioner of PT Freeport Indonesia, one of IMA’s 41 members.
The Indonesian Palm Oil Producers Association (GAPKI) also said that it supported “clean and clear” administrative processes involved in the issuance of operating permits for palm oil companies.
“Nothing will go wrong if companies abide by legal administrative processes. That’s why it’s very important for companies to meet all legal standards to prevent possible conflicts” GAPKI executive director Fadhil Hasan said on Thursday.
Fadhil, however, said that companies should not take all the blame when conflicts occurred with local communities.
He said that preventing conflict involved “a three-way communication” between companies and the people, and between the government and the people.
For this reason, Fadhil said that PT Sumber Wangi Alam (SWA), one of Gapki’s 400 members, should not be regarded as the only culprit in the Mesuji conflict in Lampung and South Sumatra region.
“SWA has told us their side of the story, which is completely different from what has been written in the media. Let the fact-finding team investigate what really happened there,” he said. (msa)
Source: The Jakarta Post
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Thursday, 16 June 11
FREIGHT MARKET FAILS TO RECOVER - DREWRY / HELLENIC SHIPPING
With demand failing to improve enough to contain the colossal increases in supply, the dry bulk freight market stayed near the dreadfully low levels ...
Thursday, 16 June 11
VALLAR CONTROLS 84.7 PERCENT STAKE IN BERAU COAL - INSIDER STORIES
Insider Stories reported that, London-based investment company Vallar Plc, via its subsidiary dubbed Vallar Investments UK Limited, today announced ...
Wednesday, 15 June 11
INDONESIA NEW COAL POLICY WORRIES INDIA POWER FIRMS - MYDIGITALFC
Tata Power, Adani group, Lanco Infratech and Reliance Power, among other Indian coal importers, are waiting to assess the impact of the Indonesian g ...
Wednesday, 15 June 11
BAYAN RESOURCES OWNS 56 PERCENT KANGAROO - INSIDER STORIES
Australia-listed coal miner Kangaroo Resources Limited (KRL) has obtained final approval from its shareholders to complete its US$277 million acquis ...
Wednesday, 15 June 11
DRY BULK MARKET WEAKENS AGAIN - NIKOS ROUSSANOGLOU, HELLENIC SHIPPING
Despite this time of year traditionally being one of the busiest for the dry bulk market, it seems that in the post-crisis era trade patterns are co ...
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- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- The University of Queensland
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- White Energy Company Limited
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Australian Coal Association
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Minerals Council of Australia
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Planning Commission, India
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- PTC India Limited - India
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- MS Steel International - UAE
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
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