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VP ORDERS SPEEDUP OF RREPARATIONS FOR IRON ORE SMELTING PROJECT
Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Dec. 20 (ANTARA) - Vice President M Jusuf Kalla has instructed all concerned parties including PT Krakatau Steel, the governor and district heads in South Kalimantan to complete the administrative processes for the construction of an iron ore smelting and processing plant.
"If PT Krakatau Steel, the governor and district heads had completed the administrative processes, the construction of the plant would not have been delayed. A minor conflict is no big deal," Kalla said here on Saturday at a meeting to evaluate the preparations for the construction of the iron ore smelting plant.
The project had been delayed for 1.5 years. The vice president noted in a high tone that the delay had occurred due to an administrative problem.
"The problem is just an administrative one. It's about a signature. How come, the construction of such a plant can be hampered by an administrative problem. I now ask that the administrative process be completed soon," he said.
The local administration should not take profit from selling land. In some regions, land was even given for free, Kalla said.
The region would later gain benefits for the plant's production and taxes, he said.
Jusuf Kalla made a one-day working visit in South Kalimantan to have a close look at the planned construction of the smelter plant and the development of the coal industry.
Kalla was accompanied by among others Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro, State Enterprise Minister Sofyan Djalil, Home Affairs Minister Mardiyanto, and Transportation Minister Jusman Syafei Djamal.
Meanwhile, an Indian company, National Aluminum Company Limited (Nalco), was reported to be planning to build an aluminum smelter and a power plant with an initial investment of US$4 billion in Tanjung Api-Api, South Sumatra.
Nelco Finance Director L Barga told a press conference in Jakarta on Friday Nalco and Rak Mineral & Metal Investment (RMMI) had signed a MoU on the execution of the project.
"Nalco will manage the smelter and power plant, and to carry out the projects an initial investment of US$4 billion is needed," Barga said.
"If PT Krakatau Steel, the governor and district heads had completed the administrative processes, the construction of the plant would not have been delayed. A minor conflict is no big deal," Kalla said here on Saturday at a meeting to evaluate the preparations for the construction of the iron ore smelting plant.
The project had been delayed for 1.5 years. The vice president noted in a high tone that the delay had occurred due to an administrative problem.
"The problem is just an administrative one. It's about a signature. How come, the construction of such a plant can be hampered by an administrative problem. I now ask that the administrative process be completed soon," he said.
The local administration should not take profit from selling land. In some regions, land was even given for free, Kalla said.
The region would later gain benefits for the plant's production and taxes, he said.
Jusuf Kalla made a one-day working visit in South Kalimantan to have a close look at the planned construction of the smelter plant and the development of the coal industry.
Kalla was accompanied by among others Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro, State Enterprise Minister Sofyan Djalil, Home Affairs Minister Mardiyanto, and Transportation Minister Jusman Syafei Djamal.
Meanwhile, an Indian company, National Aluminum Company Limited (Nalco), was reported to be planning to build an aluminum smelter and a power plant with an initial investment of US$4 billion in Tanjung Api-Api, South Sumatra.
Nelco Finance Director L Barga told a press conference in Jakarta on Friday Nalco and Rak Mineral & Metal Investment (RMMI) had signed a MoU on the execution of the project.
"Nalco will manage the smelter and power plant, and to carry out the projects an initial investment of US$4 billion is needed," Barga said.
