Mine closure and community IN MINERALS DAN BATUBARA

MINERAL DAN BATUBARA

1. MINING, COMMUNITY, ENVIRONMENT,
AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
IN INDONESIA
By :
S. WITORO SOELARNO
SATRY NUGRAHA
DIRETORATE GENERAL OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES,
MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES

2. INTRODUCTION
•Mining industry in Indonesia has been growing
rapidly since 1980’s.
•It is had been proven that mining industry can acts
as prime mover and agent of development in
frontier area.
•However mining industry should takes place in
harmony with environment and surrounding
community.

3. Introduction (continued)
•Recently there is tendency that global pressure on
mining industry increase, it can cause a false
opinion and policy on mining.
•Those condition can lock up developing country,
such as Indonesia to utilized mineral resource.
•Need new paradigm and way of thinking to
implement mining activity in order to ensure
sustainable operation and sustainable development
of the nations.

4. Introduction (continued)
•One of policy to utilize natural resources
optimally , government publishes policy
about community development and mining
environment.
•Especially for mining environment is mine
closure will be in line with Mine
Reclamation.

5. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
FRAME WORK
•Responsible institution
•Time frame and implementation agency
•Partnership with community
•Equality on benefit sharing
•Financial and economic aspects
•Training and human resources development
•Communication
•Regulation

6. RESPONSIBLE INSTITUTION
•Local government
•Reduce risks to the community
•Ensuring appropriate benefit sharing

7. TIME FRAME AND
IMPLEMENTATION AGENCY
•Medium and long term planning should be
agreed by company, community and
government
•Program should be planned since feasibility
study stage
•Program should not be frequently changed
(to avoid difficulties in implementation)

8. PARTNERSHIP WITH
COMMUNITY
•Equal bargaining position between
community and mining industry to establish
mutual relationship
•Communication and consultation with local
community should be established and
maintained for the whole life of mine
•Acceptance of community aspirations and
needs

9. EQUALITY ON BENEFIT SHARING
AND RESPONSIBILITY
•Mining activity should generate benefits to
the community not only during operation,
but also after closure

10. FINANCISL AND ECONOMIC
ASPECTS
•Financial burden at company side
•Cost should be included in feasibility study
•Long term planning to ensure
transformation benefits from mineral
resource to other resources (i.e. education,
health, regional development, etc.)

11. COMMUNICATION
•Public awareness program to build good
perception on mining activity
•Employee awareness program regarding
local knowledge and norm
•Effective communication to other
stakeholders

12. TRAINING AND EDUCATION
•Local community preparation with
vocational training from early stages to
fulfill workforce
•Vocational training for employee to
anticipate shifting profession after closure

13. REGULATION
•Central government (standard, criteria,
norm, guidance)
•Local Government (implementation)
•Local norm (adat istiadat, consensus)

14. MINING ENVIRONMENT
•New Paradigm
Technical plan of mine have to considerate
environmental carrying capacity and
sustainability development principles.
Technology application have to appropriate
with the two principles.

15. CHALENGING IN ENSURING COMMUNITY
PARTICIPATION AND SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT IN MINE CLOSURE
•Consistency of stakeholders representative
and participation
•Standard and criteria for success are
difficult to be clearly established
•Regional and local government as authority
institution need to be empowered to hand
over authority from central government

16. Mine Closure Standard
Not every company that will close can make
a standard or criteria appropriate
Environmental Quality Standard or other
certainty I.e :
-With natural condition, the district passed
environmental parameters that regulated in
Government Regulation about water quality

17. LAND USE CONFLICT
•Overlapped Contract Cases has require for
company to return area as well as their
status (this is almost impossible and
economically not feasible)

18. Region Preparation
•All of the district not yet prepare to face
Mine Closure Plan in their region i. e :
How about to used the company assets, post
mining land use, community development
programme from company.