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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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- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- PTC India Limited - India
- Australian Coal Association
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Minerals Council of Australia
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- White Energy Company Limited
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- The University of Queensland
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Planning Commission, India
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
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