Saturday, January 21, 2017

1) Indonesia ‘will not negotiate’ with Freeport over new rules: mining ministry official


2) WEST PAPUA: ‘Stop killing Melanesians’ Vanuatu civil society plea to Canberra
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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-mining-freeport-mcmoran-idUSKBN1550AN
Sat Jan 21, 2017 | 3:57am EST
1) Indonesia ‘will not negotiate’ with Freeport over new rules: mining ministry official
 
 

 FILE PHOTO: Trucks operate in the open-pit mine of PT Freeport's Grasberg copper and gold mine complex near Timika, in the eastern region of Papua, Indonesia on
 September 19, 2015 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. REUTERS/Muhammad Adimaja/Antara Foto/File Photo
 
 
Indonesia will not negotiate with Freeport McMoRan Inc on new rules requiring its local unit to convert its 'contracts of work' to a new 'special mining permit' in order to resume copper concentrate exports, a mining ministry official said on Saturday.
"There will be no negotiation," Coal and Minerals Director General Bambang Gatot told reporters.
The president and mining minister have signed regulations on the matter, and Freeport "should just follow the regulations," Deputy Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Arcandra Tahar added.

Freeport's shipments of copper concentrate from Indonesia have been stopped since January 12, in accordance with rules on domestic mineral processing.
(Reporting by Agustinus Beo Da Costa; Writing by Fergus Jensen; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)

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2) WEST PAPUA: ‘Stop killing Melanesians’ Vanuatu civil society plea to Canberra



Video. Archival footage from ABC News on Australian SAS training of Indonesian special forces in 2010 republished on the Special Forces News channel on YouTube late last year.
Saturday, January 21, 2017
Item: 9788
Len Garae
PORT VILA (Vanuatu Daily Post/Asia Pacific Report): The five most prominent ni-Vanuatu charitable organisations in the country — led by the Vanuatu Free West Papua Association (VFWPA) — have petitioned the Australian government to “stop killing Melanesian people in West Papua” by providing financial support and military training for Indonesian elite forces Kopassus and Detachment 88.
The training programme is made possible under the Australia/Indonesia bilateral military cooperation.
The petition was signed by the chairman of VFWPA, Pastor Allan Nafuki; president of the Malvatumauri National Council of Chiefs, Chief Seni Mao Tirsupe; chief executive officer of the Vanuatu National Council of Women, Leias Cullwick; chief executive officer of Vanuatu Non-Government Organisations, Charlie Harrison; and president of the Vanuatu National Youth Council, Vira Taivakalo.
The petition says the decision has come at the right time to support and encourage all the West Papua Solidarity Groups in Australia to change the heart of the Australian government to “stop the killing of Melanesian brothers and sisters in West Papua”.

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