Babel Provincial Government Will Sanction Collectors Buying Tin From Illegal Mines

Tin miners/Photo: Antara

PANGKALPINAG - The Provincial Government of the Bangka Belitung Islands asked tin collectors to stop buying tin ore from illegal mining in order to support the government's policy in eradicating illegal mining. Governor of the Babel Islands Ridwan Djamaluddin in Pangkalpinang, Monday, June 20. He said the Provincial Government of the Bangka Belitung Islands had issued a policy of establishing an Illegal Tin Mining Task Force to tackle illegal mining that damages the environment and harms the community and the government. Therefore, said Ridwan Djamaluddin, who also serves as Director General of Mineral and Coal at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, he asked collectors and mining entrepreneurs to support the provincial government's policy by no longer buying tin ore. "We will take action against collectors and businessmen who still stubbornly buy tin ore from this illegal mining," he said. "The ban on buying tin ore from illegal mines will ensure that the environment is well-maintained and people's lives in Babylon can be sustainable in the future," he said.