Antara News, Tuesday, June 29, 2010 04:33 WIB
Ternate (ANTARA News) - The North Maluku legislative assembly (DPRD) has asked two nickel mining companies in East Halmahra regency to immediately stop their mining activities for illegal operations in North Maluku.
The two companies respectively PT Kemakmuran Inti Utama (KIUT) and PT Kemakmuran Pertiwi Tambang (KPTl no longer entitled to carry out mining operations in North Maluku.
"Under a decision of the Supreme Court, the two companies have no longer the right to carry out nickle mining operations in North Maluku, Head of the North Maluku DPRD Commission C Abdul Gani Sangaji said in Sofifi Monday.
If the two companies continued their mining operating, they would be breaking the law, and the police authorities would be to deal with them.
He said North Maluku was in great need of investors to develop the natural resources in the area, especially the natural resources which would give a contribution to the region`s income and improve the life the local people.
But the investors which are developing the natural resources in North Maluku need to have a commitment to follow all the existing legal procedures and regulations.
PT KIUT and PT KPT had been developing the nickle mines in East Kalimantan under the license of the East Kalimantan regency administration although the mining location of the two companies was a land of another mining company which had already a permit from the North Maluku provincial administration.
The two companies later sued PT Wahana and the North Maluku Governor to the Ambon High State Administrative Court, and rejected the suit of the two companies. The decision was later confirmed by the Supreme Court.
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