Kendari, S E Sulawesi (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the concessions of mining companies that had ceased to be of any benefit to the regions where they operated should be reviewed.
"There is no point in maintaining companies which own mining concessions but are no more of any benefit to the regions," the president was quoted as saying by South East Sulawesi Governor Nur Alam here on Friday.
The governor said the president made the remark at a meeting with him during Yudhoyono`s stopover at Kendari`s Wolter Mongosidi aiport here en route from Papua to Bali.
The governor said the president would in the near future order Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro to review the concession rights of a number of mining companies which were no longer active in the field but acted as if they still owned the land.
Nur Alam said that he was told by the president that the head of state visited Papua to observe the emergency response activities and the rehabilitation of the infrastructure and facilities destroyed by a recent earthquake.
The president during his visit to Papua handed over financial aid under the Self-reliant Community Empowerment Program (PNPM)in Mansinam Island, Manokwari, West Papua.
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