Pontianak - The investors of Emirate Abu Dhabi are interested in investing in bauxite mining in the province of West Kalimantan.

"Abu Dhabi will also visit the Mubadala investment mission to Indonesia. During the visit to the ASEAN Investment Forum held meetings and seminars to meet the ASEAN economic community by 2015," said the Head of the Regional Investment Agency (BPMD) Joseph Alexander West Kalimantan Province in Pontianak, on Tuesday ( 25/10/2011).

Joseph explained, Abu Dhabi is a competitor of China engaged in bauxite mining. "The purpose of their visit to Indonesia would like to know exactly what can be processed in West Kalimantan, and we hope that each district could promote the region," said Joseph.

He hoped that the existing natural resources in West Kalimantan can be unearthed. He also did not want so many thousand tons of oil produced only semi-finished materials.

He added that employers also need to look for the production of oil derivatives so that there is added value for society and West Kalimantan.

"To develop all the necessary support infrastructure due to the current electricity infrastructure and be an obstacle for investors," explains Joseph.

Based on the results of the survey raw data BPMD, Kalbar has a metal content. Although capable of being expanded, the land is still a constraint.

"Because BPMD not yet know whether the land was free or not, and it will be followed up so that when it is certain it can be promoted to investors," he said.

Not only that, he said, as one of the provinces that predicated as the best province in the field of investment in 2011, BPMD any effort to undertake activities to encourage increased investment in West Kalimantan.

"In the near future, we will bring potential investors or local entrepreneurs to be met with 30 entrepreneurs Korean business meetings in order to explore cooperation with companies in Korea, especially in manufacturing," explains Joseph.

According to data BPMD Kalbar until September 2011, there were 42 foreign investment projects (FDI) approved with a value of U.S. $ 698.5 million and Rp 4.123 trillion and six investment projects in the country (DCI) approved amounting to Rp 1.017 trillion.

In addition, the realization of the project until the first half of 2011 to PMA has been realized as much as 1.284 billion U.S. dollars project number 70, while for as many as 137 domestic investment projects with a realizable value of Rp 9.661 trillion.