Minister inaugurates smelter industry association
Wednesday, December 16 2015 - 02:53 AM WIB
Minister of Industry Saleh Husin officially inaugurated on Tuesday the recently-established Association of Processing and Refinery Industries (or also known under its Bahasa acronym of AP3I).
The association now has 22 members, which mostly already have operating smelters as one of the requirements to become a member is that progress of the smelter project must already reached more than 40 percent of targeted works, said AP3I Chairman Prihadi Santoso.
Prihadi hopes the association could become a partner of the Ministry of Industry in promoting cooperation between the business sector and the government.
Meanwhile, Saleh said that there are 16 domestic smelters which are already in operation, and six more are expected to begin operation in 2016.
Set up on May 20, 2015, AP3I?s members have made combined investment of around US$10 billion in domestic smelters, employing around 15,000 people.
The organizing committee of AP3I is as follows.
Board of Supervisors: IG Putu Suryawirawan, Bambang Gatot Ariyono, Monty Girianna
Advisory Council: RPA Limbong, Moh. Bawazeer, Anthony Tampubolon, Alexander Roemokoy
Chairman: Prihadi Santoso
Deputy Chairman: Jonatan Handojo
Secretary General: Haykal Hubeis
Vice Secretary General: Handianto
Treasurer: M. Ichtiar
Head of Tin Committee : Petrus Tjandra
Head of Manganese Committee: Lawrence Kurnia
Head of Copper Committee: Bouman T Situmorang
Head of Alumina Committee: Ronald Sulistyanto
Head of Pig Iron Committee: Kuswanto Atmosubroto
Head of Nickel Committee: Agus Zamzam
Head of Zirkonium Committee: Santoso Halim
Head of Government Committee: Alexander Barus
Head of KADIN Committee: Henry Sumarno
Head of Ministry Committee: Maria Chandra
Head of Legal and Regulation Committee : DR. Abdul Razak Bawasir
Head of Investment Committee: Eddy Santoso
Head of Work Program : Wahyu Prasetiyo
Head of Labor Program: Elizabeth Susiany
Head of Internal Committee: Sapto Hadi
Meanwhile, the AP3I members are as follows.
1. PT Smelting di Gresik, (copper)
2. PT Indotama Ferro Alloys in Purwakarta (Manganese)
3. PT Tinnindo Inter Nusa in Bangka Belitung (tin)
4. PT Refined Bangka Tin in Bangka Belitung (tin)
5. PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri in Karimun (tin)
6. PT Meratus Jaya Iron & Steel in Batulicin (iron)
7. PT Delta Prima Steel in Tanah Laut (iron)
8. PT Fajar Bhakti Lintas Nusantara in Pulau Gebe (nickel)
9. PT Karyatama Konawe Utara in North Konawe (nickel)
10. PT Macika Mineral Industri in South Konawe (nickel)
11. PT Bintang Smelter Indonesia in South Konawe (nickel)
12. PT Antam (Persero) Tbk in Pomala, (nickel)
13. PT Century Metalindo in Cikande, Banten (nickel)
14. PT Bintang Timur Steel in Tigaraksa, Banten (nickel)
15. PT Cahaya Modern Metal Industri in Unaha, Konawe (nickel)
16. PT Gebe Industry Nikel in Gresik (nickel)
17. PT Sulawesi Mining Investment in Morowali (nickel)
18. PT Huadi Nikel Alloy Indonesia in Bantaeng (nickel)
19. PT Titan Mineral in Bantaeng (nickel)
20. PT Indoferro in Cilegon (nickel)
21. PT COR Industri Indonesia in North Morowali (nickel)
22. PT Monokem Surya in Karawang, (zirconium).
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak