In The Hope Of Commission VI Of The DPR, The Boss Of PT Timah Curhat Often Loses To Illegal Miners

JAKARTA - President Director of PT Timah Tbk (TINS) Restu Widiyantoro revealed that his party often feels inferior to illegal mining actors who carry out mining activities in the mining business permit (IUP) area of PT Timah.

In front of the leadership and members of Commission VI of the DPR RI, Restu admitted, as IUP holders, PT Timah has obligations for paying taxes, royalties, and so on. Meanwhile, illegal miners never think about deposits for the state and carry out irresponsible mining.

"So far, we feel defeated by illegal ones because the illegal ones are illegal, have never paid taxes, have never paid royalties, and so on," he said at a Hearing Meeting (RDP) with Commission VI of the DPR RI, Monday, September 22.

Not only the obligation of deposits to the state, Restu admitted that members of the MIND ID mining holding are also required to carry out post-mining reclamation, which of course has never been carried out by illegal miners.

On the other hand, the competition between PT Timah and illegal miners and collectors is no less fierce.

He gave an example, every time PT Timah Tbk raises prices, the collectors also raise the price.

"For example, Rp. 250,000 per kg, the opposing party has increased much bigger, so we continue to lose," explained Restu.

Untuk itu, Restu mengaku PT Timah getol melakukan penertiban terhadap kegiatan pertambangan ilegal yang merugikan PT Timah dengan membentuk satuan tugas (satgas).

Tak hanya itu, Timah juga berupaya melegalkan tambang-tambang ilegal dengan memberdayakan koperasi.

"Alhamdulillah sekarang kami sudah mulai 30 koperasi penambang, koperasi karyawan, dan koperasi nelayan untuk memulai kegiatan ini. Selanjutnya, mudah-mudahan bisa lebih banyak lagi, 100, 200, atau 300 koperasi yang dibutuhkan," tandas Restu.

For this reason, Restu admitted that PT Timah was keen to control illegal mining activities that were detrimental to PT Timah by forming a task force.

Not only that, Timah is also trying to legalize illegal mines by empowering cooperatives.

"Alhamdulillah, now we have started 30 cooperatives of miners, employee cooperatives, and fishermen cooperatives to start this activity. Furthermore, hopefully, there will be more, 100, 200, or 300 cooperatives needed," said Restu.