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MINISTER'S ADVISER DEPLORES DISTRICT CHIEF'S STOP-OPERATION ORDER TO KPC
Jakarta, Aug 13 (ANTARA) - A senior Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry official here Tuesday deplored the decision of the Kutai Timur district chief to order coal mining company Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) to cease operations temporarily, saying the measure could lead to a disruption in power supply in Java and Bali.
KPC was the regular supplier of coal to the Tanjung Jati B thermal power plant in Central Java, one of the main sources of electric power for Java and Bali, said Simon Sembiring, a senior adviser to the Energy and Mineral Resources Minister.
"The district chief should have carefully weighed the pros and cons of a stoppage in KPC's operations before deciding to order it because KPC is producing the coal needed by Tanjung Jati B," he said.
KPC was producing 75,000 tons of coal per day part of which was exported, he added.
Kutai Timur District Chief Isran Noor should at least have consulted the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry before taking the action, Sembiring said.
Noor had reportedly ordered the stoppage on the ground that KPC was transporting its coal through forested areas without the required permit.
Sembiring said the overlapping of industrial and non-industrial zones was a normal problem and the case involving KPC could have been settled properly if the Kutai Timut district chief had first coordinated the action it was intending to take with the energy and mineral resources minister.
Sembiring's view was shared by Director General of Minerals, Coal and Geothermal Bambang Setiawan who also said he had sent a team to Kutai Timur district in East Kalimantan to solve the problem.
Kutai Timur District Chief Isran Noor had issued the order to stop KPC's operations last July 11, 2008.
KPC was the regular supplier of coal to the Tanjung Jati B thermal power plant in Central Java, one of the main sources of electric power for Java and Bali, said Simon Sembiring, a senior adviser to the Energy and Mineral Resources Minister.
"The district chief should have carefully weighed the pros and cons of a stoppage in KPC's operations before deciding to order it because KPC is producing the coal needed by Tanjung Jati B," he said.
KPC was producing 75,000 tons of coal per day part of which was exported, he added.
Kutai Timur District Chief Isran Noor should at least have consulted the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry before taking the action, Sembiring said.
Noor had reportedly ordered the stoppage on the ground that KPC was transporting its coal through forested areas without the required permit.
Sembiring said the overlapping of industrial and non-industrial zones was a normal problem and the case involving KPC could have been settled properly if the Kutai Timut district chief had first coordinated the action it was intending to take with the energy and mineral resources minister.
Sembiring's view was shared by Director General of Minerals, Coal and Geothermal Bambang Setiawan who also said he had sent a team to Kutai Timur district in East Kalimantan to solve the problem.
Kutai Timur District Chief Isran Noor had issued the order to stop KPC's operations last July 11, 2008.
