Indonesia Conference Directory

UU no.4/2009 regarding Coal and Mineral is a revolutionary policy in Indonesian mining system. It brings a new breeze for Indonesian mining activities. One of the provision that is quiet revolutionary for Indonesian current mining system back then is the obligation for miners to do the beneficiation on their downstream activities. The beneficiation itself is integrated with the upstream activities. At the very beginning of the article enactment, it bring a lot of contra from several stakeholders. Miners as the mining subjects believe that it is contrary to Indonesias own easy business mining principle enforcement. On the other hand, the government itself has a foremost duty to enforce the maximum utilization of natural resources to manifest peoples welfare. This article will analyze further the issues regarding the enforcement of mining beneficiation obligation in Indonesia.