Banning Raw Mineral Export, Government Invites Associations
7 January 2014 23:20 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Ministry plans to meet associations before the raw mineral export ban is implemented on January 12. The meeting is to discuss the implementation of Law No. 4/2009 on Mineral and Coal Mining.
“We need suggestions from 40 associations of mineral businesses,” said Director General of Mineral and Coal at the ESDM Ministry, R. Sukhyar, at his office on Tuesday, January 7, 2014.
He explained that the ministry is preparing a legal base, particularly a Government Regulation Amendment that regulates companies already committed to mineral processing and refinery.
“There must be no more issues regarding to limitations. Therefore, we are drafting a ministerial regulation that will be stipulated before January 12, 2014,” said Sukhyar. He mentioned that the government still has some homework to establish the limitations. He said the limitations on mineral processing and refinery for export will be revealed in two or three days.
Sukyar said that when raw mineral export is banned, there will be a decline in foreign exchange gains. However, according to Sukhyar, the decline will be compensated in the following years.
“We might struggle at first to gain more in the future,” he said. In terms of the possibility of employment redundancy due to the ban, Sukhyar stated that it has been anticipated by industry players.
MARIA YUNIAR
