Mining Dispute

Lack of legal certainty has triggered a mining dispute. The Mineral and Coal Law must be immediately published.

August 5, 2008

THE problem involving PT Kaltim Prima Coal and PT Perkasa Inakakerta in East Kutai is yet another example of legal uncertainty in Indonesia. The central government and a regional administration have different interpretations of the same regulation. What is worrying is that this is not the first time there has been a dispute over mining and the management of forestry products. We wonder whether the center or the regions learned anything at all fro

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