Investigate Potential Violations, ESDM Involves Directorate General Of Gakkum In Freeport Landslides

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) is investigating the potential violation of the law in the landslide incident at the Grasberg Block Cave (GBC) underground mine owned by PT Freeport Indonesia. For this reason, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources involves the Directorate General of Law Enforcement (Ditjen Gakkum) to conduct an investigation.

"So it is being consolidated by the Directorate General of Mineral and Coal (Mineral and Coal) together with the Directorate General of Law Enforcement, whether there is a legal problem there, whether there is negligence, this is still being evaluated by Gakkum," said Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Yuliot Tanjung quoted on Saturday, November 8.

Meanwhile, regarding the application for a permit to carry out mining activities in two other locations that were not affected, Yuliot said that the ulusity still had to wait for the results of further evaluation.

"Because that's the one who was affected (longsor) and the one who was not affected, we have to separate them. So, yes, I checked with the Director General of Mineral and Coal first," Yuliot continued.

Previously, PT Freeport Indonesia had submitted an operational disbursement of the Big Goosan mine and the Deep Mile Level Zone (DMLZ) mine after the underground mine landslide at the Grassberg Block Cave (GBC) and stopped its operations.

Asa knows that the PTFI mining area consists of locations, namely DMLZ, GBC and Big Goosan.

Meanwhile, Director General of Mineral and Coal Tri Winarno said that his party had just received a proposal for the two mines to be operated again because the two locations were not affected.

"While they want a proposal, there is no influence from there, yes, I want a proposal for production there," he told the media crew in Minahasa, Thursday, October 30.

Tri said that the operational permit could be granted by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources because there were no problems in the two mines.

"For example, in areas that have no influence, do we not give it?" said Tri.

Tri added that Freeport was still evaluating after the wet material avalanche incident that occurred in the GBC underground mine. For this reason, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has not allowed the mine to operate again.