TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – General Chairman of the Executive Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) Yahya Cholil Staquf or Gus Yahya met the President today Jokowi. During the meeting, Gus Yahya, among others, said that his party was ready to manage the concession meal coal covers an area of 26 thousand hectares (ha) in East Kalimantan (Kaltim).
The willingness to manage the mining concession was expressed after the religious community group (ormas) received a Special Mining Industry License (IUPK) from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM).
Gus Yahya also praised President Jokowi for granting mining concession licenses to community groups, leading to the issuance of the IUPK.
“We would like to express our gratitude to the President who granted the concession until the IUP is issued, so that we are now ready to do mining business immediately in the designated area,” he said , when he was giving a statement, at the office. Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Thursday, 22 August 2024, as announced from Between.
The mining concession belongs to the former PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC), a company that is part of the Bakrie Group. Only a small part of the lit land has been explored, so it is not yet possible to determine how much coal has been produced.
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In addition, Gus Yahya also said that PBNU will start exploring and using the mine starting in January 2025. “Soon. Soon. Because the IUP has to bring out. Hopefully in January we will be able to work,” he said.
Previously, President Jokowi signed the Government Regulation (PP) 25/2024 regarding Amendments to PP 96/2021 regarding the implementation of the mineral and coal mining industry activity (minerba). In Article 83A of the regulation, it is said that the new regulation allows religious organizations such as NU and Muhammadiyah to manage special mining license areas (WIUPK).
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2024-08-22 09:06:53
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