Indonesia revokes thousands of mining, coal permits

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Indonesia on Thursday revoked thousands of permits for mining, coal and forestry as the government battles to rein in its vast resources sector.

President Joko Widodo’s announcement comes during a wrangle with coal producers over their failure to supply the domestic market, which sparked a ban on overseas shipments by the world’s biggest thermal coal exporter.

Widodo said his administration revoked 2,078 permits for mining, mineral and coal businesses because the firms failed to provide work plans, misused the permits or transferred them to other parties. “Some permits have been granted for years but they were never carried out. This has turned natural resources that should be used to improve public welfare into a hostage,” Widodo said.

“Companies that don’t meet their obligations … should be sanctioned, not just with export permit bans but also the revocation of business permits,” he said.

 

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