Shadows over new Indonesia mining laws
August 17 - 23, 2009
UPDATED mining legislation introduced in Indonesia early this year to keep up with the nation’s fresh zest for internal regional autonomy, and foreign investment, is proving a disappointment. As the deadline for implementation approaches a significant gap remains between the old and the new systems and there is genuine doubt over whether the changes will do anything to attract dollars from abroad.
Power chief browned off at carbon scheme
August 17 - 23, 2009
LOY YANG Power chief executive Ian Nethercote took a different tack to Victorian resources minister Peter Batchelor – and most of his more timid northern state coal industry executive peers – in attacking the Australian Government’s delayed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) at this week’s Paydirt 2009 Resources Victoria Conference.