JAKARTA - US President Donald Trump said he wanted full access to Indonesian mining products such as copper, to critical mineral products, such as rare soil.
Responding to this, Chairman of the Mining Championship Agency (BK) of the Indonesian Engineers Association (PII) Rizal Kasli said Trump's statement could be linked to Uncle Sam's state's desire to get critical mineral supplies such as copper which is urgently needed in the ongoing energy transition process.
"For Indonesia, this can have a positive impact on attracting investors from the US to develop the production and processing process of critical minerals," he said when contacted by VOI, Thursday, July 17.
Rizal said Trump was interested in other minerals such as rare earth minerals or Rare Earth Elements (REE), which are mostly in Indonesia. According to him, so far America is still dependent on supply chains from China. so this can be an opportunity for Indonesia.
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"China controls about 80 percent of critical mineral supply chain including the rare earth minerals," he said.
Previously, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) through the Director General of Mineral and Coal of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Tri Winarno, said that free access to Indonesian mineral commodities had actually been open for a long time.
"If it's free access, so far we've been open, right, for minerals, yes, we're open. Who wants to buy from us, go ahead. So yes, it's not too (impact)," said Tri, Wednesday, July 16.
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