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Wednesday, 10 March 10
PROTECTED FORESTS NOW UP FOR GRABS FOR MINING
 The Jakarta Post reported that, the government has just issued two new regulations on forests, which could allow protected forests to be used for commercial purposes, including long-banned mining activities.
Under the regulations, conservation forests could also be converted to production forests, to be used for plantations of trees such as acacia.
“We are now waiting for a presidential decree to bring the regulations into force. A number of firms have applied for mining permits in protected forest areas,” a senior official at the Forestry Ministry, Bambang Mulyo, said Monday.
The government regulation No. 24 on the use of forest areas says mining firms can dig for natural resources deposited under protected and production forests.
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“The government regulation No. 24 on the use of forest areas says mining firms can dig for natural resources deposited under protected and production forests”
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Article 5 of the regulation stipulates that in protected areas, miners are only allowed to conduct underground mining that does not change the forest functions.
However, in production forests miners could use both open pit and underground mining techniques. Indonesia currently has 31.6 million hectares of the protected forests, of which 10.6 million hectares is in Papua province.
The second-largest area of protected forests is in East Kalimantan (2.7 million hectares) and West Kalimantan (2.3 million hectares).
The government has allotted some 22.7 million hectares for production land that could be converted for business uses.
The 1999 Law on Forestry strongly prohibits mining activities in protected forest areas, be it open pit or underground mining. Under this law, mining is only allowed in production forest areas.
Former president Megawati Soekarnoputri issued a decree to grant special licenses to 13 giant mining firms to operate open-pit mines in protected forest areas.
Among the 13 are PT Aneka Tambang in Southeast Sulawesi, PT Freeport Indonesia in Mimika, Papua, Karimun Granit in Riau, INCO in Sulawesi, Natarang Mining in Lampung, Nusa Halmahera Mineral in North Maluku, Pelsart Tambang Kencana in South Kalimantan, Interex Sacra Raya in East and South Kalimantan and Weda Bay Nickel in North Maluku.
Regulation No. 24 also stipulates that protected forests may now be used for non-forestry businesses serving strategic purposes.
“We will elaborate on these strategic goals with the Environment Ministry and the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry,” Bambang said.
Greenomics Indonesia executive director Elfian Effendi warns that a blurred definition of strategic goals could mean more areas of protected forests are cleared in the name of development.
“The government needs to impose a moratorium on new permits for mining firms conducting open-pit mining in forest areas,” he said.
In addition to the mining sector, the ministry issued regulation No. 10 that allows for protected and conservation forests to be converted to production land, the first ever such policy in Indonesia.
Critics say the regulation may lead to open-pit mining in protected forest areas.
Bambang, however, said he would not allow this to happen. “While there are minerals deposited under the production land, license holders are not allowed to dig them up,” he said.
The government has long faced international pressure to improve its management of forests, with the current rate of deforestation at more than 1 million hectares a year.
Indonesia plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 26 percent by 2020, of which 14 percent would be from stopping deforestation, combating illegal logging and controlling forest fires.
The government also pledged to plant 1 billion trees this year to re-green the country’s millions of hectares of degraded forest land.
Source: The Jakarta Post - Reported by: Adianto P. Simamora
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Monday, 15 March 10
CIL BOARD CLEARS 10 PROPOSALS FOR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP OR JVS
Economic Times reported that, Towards achieving a global footprint, state-owned Coal India (CIL) is eyeing strategic partnership or joint ventures w ...
Sunday, 14 March 10
CHINESE COAL PRICE MAY RISE TO TRADE NEAR SPOT, MACQUARIE SAYS
Bloomberg reported that, Steel mills in China, the world’s biggest producer of the alloy, may pay more for domestic coking coal this year as d ...
Sunday, 14 March 10
THERE IS NO INDICATION OF SLOWING DOWN OF IRON ORE AND COAL IMPORTS BY CHINA - VISTAAR SINGAPORE
COALspot.com: The dry bulk freight market continued the upward trend and the BDI closed 8.14 pct this week.
The Cape index up by 10.32 pct ...
Saturday, 13 March 10
INDONESIA COAL EXPORTS DROP IN FEBRUARY
COALspot.com: Indonesia, the world largest coal exporter, exported 24.38 million tons in January 2010 which fell slightly to 22.89 mln ton of coal i ...
Saturday, 13 March 10
INDONESIA TELLS BUKIT ASAM TO DITCH PARTNER IN SUMATRA RAILWAY UNLESS PROJECT STARTS
The Jakarta Globe reported that, the Indonesian government has urged state-owned miner PT Tambang Batubara Bukit Asam to look for new partners to he ...
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- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
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- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
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- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
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- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
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- London Commodity Brokers - England
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- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
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- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Australian Coal Association
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- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
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- Minerals Council of Australia
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
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- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
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- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
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- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
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- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
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- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
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- Parliament of New Zealand
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- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
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- Siam City Cement - Thailand
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- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Aditya Birla Group - India
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- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
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- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
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- Posco Energy - South Korea
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- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- PTC India Limited - India
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
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