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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, 27 February 14
SHIPPING LOANS WORTH $5 BILLION HAVE CHANGED HANDS OVER THE PAST YEAR, AS FUNDS INVEST IN SHIPPING - NIKOS ROUSSANOGLOU, HELLENIC SHIPPING NEWS
Funds investing in shipping has been the "talk of the town" over the past couple of years, as institutional investors, private equity and ...
Thursday, 27 February 14
NEWCASTLE COAL EXPORTS SLIP 26.68 PERCENT WEEK ON WEEK
COALspot.com: In the week ended 24 February 2014, power plant and semi-soft coking coal shipments from the port of Newcastle in Queensland, total 2. ...
Wednesday, 26 February 14
SMALLER SIZE SEGMENTS HOLDING ON TO THEIR LEVELS; CAPES CORRECTING UPWARDS - INTERMODAL
Chartering (Wet: Stable- / Dry: Stable+)
The Dry Bulk market continued to improve this past week, on the back of rates for the smaller size s ...
Tuesday, 25 February 14
GBCE, A COAL UPGRADING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPER, APPOINTS RICHARD BULMAN AS PROJECT DIRECTOR
Press Release: GB Clean Energy Ltd. (GBCE) announced today the appointment of Richard Bulman as Project Director. In this capacity Mr. Bulman ...
Tuesday, 25 February 14
ULTRAMAXES ARE THE 'WEAPON OF CHOICE' FOR DRY BULK SHIP OWNERS - NIKOS ROUSSANOGLOU, HELLENIC SHIPPING NEWS
It's been a busy start in 2014, as the first month of the year was a rather active in terms of second hand vessel purchases and newbuilding orderin ...
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- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
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- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
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- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
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- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
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- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Economic Council, Georgia
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- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
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- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
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- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
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- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Posco Energy - South Korea
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- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
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- Parliament of New Zealand
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- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
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- Mercator Lines Limited - India
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- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
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- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
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- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
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- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
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- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
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- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
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