Tomorrow Thursday, Jokowi Is Planned To Inaugurate A Explosives Factory In Bontang

PT KAN factory at night, located in Bontang, East Kalimantan. (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is scheduled to inaugurate the explosives factory PT Kaltim Amonium Nitrate (KAN) in Bontang City, East Kalimantan, Thursday, February 29. This factory is capable of producing around 75 thousand tons of explosives annually. "President Jokowi will arrive in Bontang at around 09.36 WITA by helicopter from Samarinda City, after previously inaugurating the Samarinda terminal. The President is scheduled to eat lunch at a restaurant in Bontang, "said Military District Command Commander 0908 Bontang Lieutenant Colonel Inf. Aryo Bagus Daryanto, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday 27 February. He said, PT KAN has built a modern and environmentally friendly explosives factory. He hopes that this factory can support mining activities in the East Kalimantan region. After inaugurating the factory, he continued, President Jokowi is scheduled to have lunch at a restaurant in Bontang, before continuing his journey to Penajam Paser Utara, the location of the new State Capital (IKN). The President returned to using helicopters from PT Badak Airport LNG. President Jokowi's arrival to Bontang will be welcomed by the ranks of the Municipal Government, the directors of PT KAN, the local Forkopimda as well as officials of the TNI and Polri. TNI and Polri have prepared to secure the arrival of the president, starting from the sterilization of the area to visit, to the technical escorting of the presidential travel while in Bontang.PT Kaltim Amonium Nitrat (KAN) is a chemical industrial company that was established since 2003 as a result of cooperation between PT Pupuk Kalimantan Timur and PT DAHANA.

The factory is supported by high technology which is safe and environmentally friendly with the operational standards of world-class factories licensed by Sedin-Hallifeng. The presence of this museum nitric factory is expected to reduce domestic import volume by optimizing the function of nitrate amonium in various sectors. Of course, this strategy is also in line with the government's target to build a more energy-self-contained Indonesia and its industry.