The Battle for KPC Control
East Kalimantans provincial government is trying to obtain a priority right in order to buy a 51 percent share in KPC. But Jakarta and KPC want the sale to be carried out by open tender. Are both parties as slippery as each other?
April 2, 2002
THE sale of a 51 percent share in Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) has been delayed yet again. Based on the last agreement, KPC was supposed to start the divestment of these shares by March 31 at the latest. But this failed because the Provincial Government of East Kalimantan did not drop the charges it had made either. There are reports that the East Kalimantan provincial government had in fact already agreed to withdraw the charges but for reasons unkno
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