The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Business | Sat, August 04 2012
The government has issued permits to 55 mining companies to export mineral ore out of a total 78 registered export miners in accordance with a May regulation, which requires companies to obtain export permits for ore sales, a top official has said.
The Trade Ministry’s director general of foreign trade, Deddy Saleh, told reporters in Jakarta on Friday that since the government introduced its regulation on mineral exports in May, the trade minister had issued 55 permits for companies to sell mineral ore overseas.
“Of the 55 companies who have obtained export permits, 32 are nickel miners, 10 are bauxite miners, six are iron ore miners, four are zircon miners, two are copper mining firms, and one mines marble,” he said.
As of early July, the number of approved firms stood at 22, Reuters reported.
“This data shows us that out of the hundreds of mining companies in the country, only a few of them have been granted permits to export their products,” Deddy added.
Last week, the Trade Ministry reported an 80 percent month-on-month decline in nickel ore exports in June to 572,106 tons, down from 2.85 million tons in May.
Copper ore and concentrate exports also fell in June to 20,000 tons, down 90 percent from 193,941 in May.
The disruption to Indonesian exports is estimated to be costing the mining industry up to US$164 million a month in lost sales of nickel and bauxite, and has led to mass layoffs across the country, according to Reuters.
Earlier this year, the government issued two ministerial regulations to impose a 20 percent export tax on 14 mineral commodities if they were exported in the form of metal ore. The 14 commodities are antimony, bauxite, chromium, copper, gold, iron ore, iron sand, lead, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, platinum, silver and tin.
Through the planned Trade Ministry regulation, all holders of the mining permits, locally known as IUP, needed to submit a recommendation letter from the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry before being able to export metal ore, he continued.
Recommendations will only be granted if the companies fulfill certain requirements, namely their IUP status must be clean and clear (by following all legal procedures as stipulated in the 2009 Minerals and Coal Law); they must have paid all their tax and non-tax financial obligations; and they must submit a comprehensive proposal on whether they want to build their own smelteries, establish a consortium with other companies to jointly build smelteries, or sell their raw materials to smelting companies in the country.
Separately, Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan said in Jakarta on Friday that since the regulation came into force in May, more than 100 proposals had been received from mining companies to build smelting plants.
“Before the regulation was introduced, there were no more than 12 companies who had proposed to build smelteries,” he said (asa)
Companies that have received export permits include:
IRON ORE
PT Kapuas Prima Coal
PT Sebuku Iron Lateritic Ores
IRON SAND
PT Karya Intan Maksima
BAUXITE
PT Aneka Tambang
PT Danpac Resources
PT Persada Pratama Cemerlang
PT Persada Buana Gemilang
PT Lobindo Nusa Persada
PT Mahkota Karya Utama
PT Kapuas Bara Mineral
NICKEL ORE
PT Aneka Tambang
PT Wanatiara Persada
PT Gebe Sentral Nickel
PT Fajar Bhakti Lintas Nusantara
PT Pulau Rusa Tamita
PT Sambas Minerals Mining
PT Rimba Kurnia Alam
PT Bintang Delapan Mineral
PT Celebessi Mulia Utama
PT Bumi Konawe Abadi
PT Mulia Pasific Resources
PT Hengjaya Mineralindo
PT Bima Cakra Perkasa Mineralindo
PT Bumi Morowali Utama
PT Genba Multi Mineral
PT Stargate Pasific Resources
PT Gane Permai Sentosa
COPPER CONCENTRATE
PT Freeport Indonesia
PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara
Source: Reuters
The government has issued permits to 55 mining companies to export mineral ore out of a total 78 registered export miners in accordance with a May regulation, which requires companies to obtain export permits for ore sales, a top official has said.
The Trade Ministry’s director general of foreign trade, Deddy Saleh, told reporters in Jakarta on Friday that since the government introduced its regulation on mineral exports in May, the trade minister had issued 55 permits for companies to sell mineral ore overseas.
“Of the 55 companies who have obtained export permits, 32 are nickel miners, 10 are bauxite miners, six are iron ore miners, four are zircon miners, two are copper mining firms, and one mines marble,” he said.
As of early July, the number of approved firms stood at 22, Reuters reported.
“This data shows us that out of the hundreds of mining companies in the country, only a few of them have been granted permits to export their products,” Deddy added.
Last week, the Trade Ministry reported an 80 percent month-on-month decline in nickel ore exports in June to 572,106 tons, down from 2.85 million tons in May.
Copper ore and concentrate exports also fell in June to 20,000 tons, down 90 percent from 193,941 in May.
The disruption to Indonesian exports is estimated to be costing the mining industry up to US$164 million a month in lost sales of nickel and bauxite, and has led to mass layoffs across the country, according to Reuters.
Earlier this year, the government issued two ministerial regulations to impose a 20 percent export tax on 14 mineral commodities if they were exported in the form of metal ore. The 14 commodities are antimony, bauxite, chromium, copper, gold, iron ore, iron sand, lead, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, platinum, silver and tin.
Through the planned Trade Ministry regulation, all holders of the mining permits, locally known as IUP, needed to submit a recommendation letter from the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry before being able to export metal ore, he continued.
Recommendations will only be granted if the companies fulfill certain requirements, namely their IUP status must be clean and clear (by following all legal procedures as stipulated in the 2009 Minerals and Coal Law); they must have paid all their tax and non-tax financial obligations; and they must submit a comprehensive proposal on whether they want to build their own smelteries, establish a consortium with other companies to jointly build smelteries, or sell their raw materials to smelting companies in the country.
Separately, Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan said in Jakarta on Friday that since the regulation came into force in May, more than 100 proposals had been received from mining companies to build smelting plants.
“Before the regulation was introduced, there were no more than 12 companies who had proposed to build smelteries,” he said (asa)
Companies that have received export permits include:
IRON ORE
PT Kapuas Prima Coal
PT Sebuku Iron Lateritic Ores
IRON SAND
PT Karya Intan Maksima
BAUXITE
PT Aneka Tambang
PT Danpac Resources
PT Persada Pratama Cemerlang
PT Persada Buana Gemilang
PT Lobindo Nusa Persada
PT Mahkota Karya Utama
PT Kapuas Bara Mineral
NICKEL ORE
PT Aneka Tambang
PT Wanatiara Persada
PT Gebe Sentral Nickel
PT Fajar Bhakti Lintas Nusantara
PT Pulau Rusa Tamita
PT Sambas Minerals Mining
PT Rimba Kurnia Alam
PT Bintang Delapan Mineral
PT Celebessi Mulia Utama
PT Bumi Konawe Abadi
PT Mulia Pasific Resources
PT Hengjaya Mineralindo
PT Bima Cakra Perkasa Mineralindo
PT Bumi Morowali Utama
PT Genba Multi Mineral
PT Stargate Pasific Resources
PT Gane Permai Sentosa
COPPER CONCENTRATE
PT Freeport Indonesia
PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara
Source: Reuters
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