Freeport Can Increase Production Quota
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The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) approved PT Freeport Indonesia's request to increase production this year. The request was submitted by Freeport in revising the 2019 Budget Work Plan (RKAB). The additional production is around 300 thousand tons of copper concentrate. Additional production will be used for shipping abroad.
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ESDM Ministry's Mineral and Coal Director General Bambang Gatot said the evaluation of the revised RKAB proposed by Freeport was in the finalization stage. He has not been able to confirm that the addition of Freeport's production quota will all be agreed to up to 300 thousand tons of concentrate. Bambang only ensured that the revised RKAB was immediately approved.
"Freeport's (RKAB) revision is coming soon. End of August at the latest, "said Bambang in Jakarta, Friday (23/8).
Riza Pratama
Freeport Indonesia spokesman Riza Pratama previously said the increase in quota was not due to increased production. But from the stock in the open pit (open pit) Grasberg which can still be used. It's just that he has not been able to reveal the proposed quota increase. Riza said Freeport's production this year was around 1.2 million tons. Of that amount one million tons was sent to PT Smelting for purification.
While the rest exports to several countries such as Japan, Korea, China and India. The concentrate export quota has been approved by the government until March 2020 around 198,282 tons. Riza said the addition of production quota this year would be absorbed by smelters in several of these countries.
"If there is an interest or standby buyer, there will be. But that's why we still need to calculate the amount, "he said.
Freeport's export quota this year is much lower than the previous period which reached 1.2 million tons. The low export quota is because Freeport is in the transition period from the Grasberg open pit mine to an underground mine. It is planned that underground mining production will return to normal in the coming 2022. Turning to an underground mine because of the exhaustion of copper reserves in the open pit.
Smelter in Gresik, East Java
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources extended the concentrate export permit because the Freeport smelter construction met the requirements. The smelter's progress until February reached 3.86% yesterday. Freeport is building a smelter in Gresik, East Java with a capacity of 2 million tons of copper concentrate.
The progress of the project is in the form of compaction of land and removing water in the ground. Then in a parallel manner the stakes are also carried out while waiting for the readiness of the other land to gradually mature. Riza revealed that the groundbreaking smelter will begin in 2020. It's just that he could not be sure exactly when the construction phase began.
But he stressed the smelter will be operational by the end of 2022. The construction of the smelter is Freeport's commitment in accordance with the mandate of the Mineral and Coal mining Act. Freeport is committed to building a smelter no later than 2023.
The commitment was stated in the negotiation agreement with the government related to the issuance of the Special Mining Business Permit (IUPK).
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Freeport Dapat Tambahan Kuota Produksi
Kementerian Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral (ESDM) menyetujui permohonan PT Freeport Indonesia dalam menambah produksi pada tahun ini. Permohonan itu diajukan Freeport dalam revisi Rencana Kerja Anggaran Biaya (RKAB) 2019. Adapun tambahan produksi tersebut sekitar 300 ribu ton konsentrat tembaga. Tambahan produksi itu bakal digunakan untuk pengiriman ke luar negeri.
Direktur Jenderal Mineral dan Batu Bara Kementerian ESDM Bambang Gatot mengatakan evaluasi revisi RKAB yang diajukan Freeport dalam tahap finalisasi. Dia belum bisa memastikan penambahan kuota produksi Freeport bakal disetujui semuanya hingga 300 ribu ton konsentrat. Bambang hanya memastikan revisi RKAB segera disetujui.
“Revisi (RKAB) Freeport segera. Akhir Agustus paling lambat,” kata Bambang di Jakarta, Jumat (23/8).
Juru bicara Freeport Indonesia Riza Pratama sebelumnya mengatakan penambahan kuota itu bukan karena peningkatan produksi. Melainkan dari stok di tambang terbuka (open pit) Grasberg yang masih bisa dimanfaatkan. Hanya saja dia belum bisa membeberkan penambahan kuota yang diajukan. Riza menuturkan produksi Freeport tahun ini sekitar 1,2 juta ton.
Dari jumlah itu sebanyak satu juta ton dikirim ke PT Smelting untuk dimurnikan. Sedangkan sisanya ekspor ke beberapa negara seperti Jepang, Korea, Tiongkok serta India. Adapun kuota ekspor konsentrat yang telah disetujui pemerintah hingga Maret 2020 sekitar 198.282 ton. Riza menyebut penambahan kuota produksi tahun ini bakal dibeli oleh smelter di beberapa negara tersebut.
“Kalau yang minat atau standby buyer sih pasti ada. Tapi kan makanya besarannya berapa tetap perlu kami hitung,” ujarnya.
Kuota ekspor Freeport tahun ini jauh lebih rendah ketimbang periode sebelumnya yang mencapai 1,2 juta ton. Rendahnya kuota ekspor lantaran Freeport sedang dalam masa transisi dari tambang terbuka Grasberg menuju tambang bawah tanah. Rencananya produksi tambang bawah tanah kembali normal pada 2022 mendatang. Beralihnya ke tambang bawah tanah lantaran habisnya cadangan tembaga di tambang terbuka.
Kementerian ESDM memberikan perpanjangan izin ekspor konsentrat lantaran pembangunan smelter Freeport memenuhi persyaratan. Adapun kemajuan smelter itu hingga Februari kemarin mencapai 3,86%. Freeport membangun smelter di Gresik, Jawa Timur dengan kapasitas 2 juta ton konsentrat tembaga.
Adapun progres proyek berupa pemadatan lahan serta mengeluarkan air-air yang di dalam tanah. Kemudian secara paralel juga dilakukan pemancangan sambil menunggu kesiapan lahan yang lainnya secara bertahap akan matang. Riza mengungkapkan groundbreaking smelter itu akan dimulai pada 2020 mendatang.
Hanya saja dia belum bisa memastikan kapan tepatnya tahap konstruksi dimulai. Namun dia menegaskan smelter bakal beroperasi pada akhir 2022 mendatang. Pembangunan smelter merupakan komitmen Freeport sesuai dengan amanat Undang-Undang pertambangan Mineral dan Batu bara. Freeport berkomitmen pembangunan smelter paling lambat pada 2023 mendatang.
Komitmen itu tertuang dalam kesepakatan negoisasi dengan pemerintah terkait penerbitan Izin Usaha Pertambangan Khusus (IUPK).
Investor Daily, Page-9, Saturday, August 24, 2019
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