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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, 05 January 12
DRY BULK MARKET TAKES A PLUNGE OF LOW ACTIVITY - NIKOS ROUSSANOGLOU, HELLENIC SHIPPING
As was widely expected the first days of the new year are characterized by significantly low chartering across the board of the dry bulk market, pus ...
Wednesday, 04 January 12
NEWBUILDING ORDERS PICKED UP IN 2011, BUT 2012 EXPECTED TO BE A DIFFERENT STORY - NIKOS ROUSSANOGLOU, HELLENIC SHIPPING
With the BDI (Baltic Dry Index) starting the year on a sour note, losing 114 points and ending yesterday’s session, the first of the new year, ...
Wednesday, 04 January 12
MAHAGENCO TO IMPORT LOW MOISTURE COAL
COALspot.com - Maharashtra State Power Generation Co. Ltd. is the state power generation utility owned by Government of Maharashtra, intends to proc ...
Tuesday, 03 January 12
INDONESIA COAL REFERENCE PRICE FELL AGAIN
COALspot.com - Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of Indonesia has sets the January 2012 coal reference price at US$ 109.29 per ton or US$ 3.3 ...
Tuesday, 03 January 12
WHICH WAY WILL THE DRY BULK MARKET HEAD ON FIRST WEEK OF THE YEAR? - NIKOS ROUSSANOGLOU, HELLENIC SHIPPING
Dry bulk ship owners will be wondering which way will the BDI (Baltic Dry Index), the industry’s benchmark, will head during the first days of ...
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- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Planning Commission, India
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- White Energy Company Limited
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Australian Coal Association
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- PTC India Limited - India
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Minerals Council of Australia
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- The University of Queensland
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
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