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ESDM Favoring PKP2B Extension?
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) seems to be favoring the holders of the first generation Coal Contract of Work (PKP2B) with the fourth revision of the Government Regulation (PP) No. 23/2010 on Minerals and Coal Mining, i.e., PP 1/2017. The revised PP makes it possible for holders of PKP2B to extend their contract five years before expiry. This may keep state-owned PT Bukit Asam’s ambition at bay.
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ESDM Favoring PKP2B Extension?
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) seems to be favoring the holders of the first generation Coal Contract of Work (PKP2B) with the fourth revision of the Government Regulation (PP) No. 23/2010 on Minerals and Coal Mining, i.e., PP 1/2017. The revised PP makes it possible for holders of PKP2B to extend their contract five years before expiry. This may keep state-owned PT Bukit Asam’s ambition at bay.
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Eagle High & Peter-Felda
November contracts of crude palm oil (CPO) fell to RM1,825 per ton on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Tuesday, while contracts for most part of 2019 were settled below RM2,300 per ton. This could extend pressure on palm oil producers, especially PT Eagle High Plantations (BWPT), a company co-owned by Peter Sondakh’s Rajawali Corpora and Malaysia’s Felda Group.
