Mining governance problematic
Coal mining exploitation almost completely controls Mulawarman village in Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan, as seen in this photo taken on Tuesday (20/11/2018). Many residents in Mulawarman have left the village and sold their lands to mining companies, because coal mining activities in their village had damaged the environment and sources of clean water, leaving almost no space for farming. They are often disturbed by bomb explosions by miners to flatten hills and land.
SAMARINDA, KOMPAS -- Coal-mining governance in Indonesia is rife with problems, with influential people owning many of the country’s problematic coal mines.
As of September 2018, there are 633 problematic mines across Indonesia that do not fulfill the requirements set out by the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry. These problematic mines are categorizes as non-clear-and-clear, or non-CnC, mines.