REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Government warns to revoke export license of Freeport McMoran Indonesia if the company still halts its plan to build smelter. Government rejected the company's plan of building smelter in Gresik, East Java, since Gresik already has sufficient infrastructure.
"They do not fulfill our requirement for equality of development," Director General of Mineral and Coal, Sukhyar, said on Tuesday, December 23.
Government expects Freeport to build smelter in Papua in order to boost development in the area. "Whatever the reason, Freeport must build smelter in Papua," he said.
Earlier, government has rejected the company's demand to allow some more time before building the smelter. Yet, there is a conflicting statement from President Director of Freeport Indonesia, Rozik Soetjipto, who claimed that the company would build smelter in Gresik as planned.
"We have reached basic engineering stage," he said.
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