Jakarta-Approximately 19 mining processing and refining plant to be built in the 2014-2016 range. Development as the implementation of the mandate of Law Number 4 Year 2009 on mineral and coal mines which prohibit the export of raw materials.

"The proposal put forward only 19 factories," said Director General of Mineral, Coal Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Thamrin Sihite, in Jakarta, Tuesday, February 21, 2012.

He explained, from the mine processing plant 19, the new seven factories that have started construction, six factories are conducting feasibility studies, and the remaining six new get building permits for processing and refining facilities.

According to Thamrin, these companies can partner with other entities to build a processing facility or purification of the mine. However, the partnership can only be implemented after obtaining approval from the Director General of Mining on behalf of the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources. "They could create a consortium to build the smelter, so no one company should build a smelter," said Thamrin.

Thamrin added a few companies that will build a smelter in accordance with the commodity is a commodity of which the Nusantara Smelting of copper with the development plan in 2014, Global Investindo in 2015, and Indosmlet in 2014. Bauxite, among others, PT Antam SGA with the development plan in 2014, CGA PT Antam in 2014, and Harita Prima Abadi in 2014. Nickel, among others Weda Bay Nickel in 2016, NPI PT Antam in 2014, and FeNi PT Antam in 2014.

As for the mineral iron, among others, PT MJIS with the development plan in 2012, PT SILO in 2015, PT Krakatau POSCO in 2014, PT Gunung Garuda in 2013, PT Semeru Surya Steel in 2012, PT Mandan Steel in 2012, PT Delta Prima Steel in 2012, PT Jogja Masaga (2012), and PT Indoferro in 2012. While for Mangan, among others, PT Bumi Resources of West Kalimantan, PT AGB / Hyundai, and PT Jasindo Home with the development plan in 2014.

As is known, in Indonesia at this time that the existing industrial new smelter owned by three companies, among them the Smelting in Gresik for copper processing capacity of 1,000,000 tons, and PT Antam's FeNi and Ni in Nickel Matte PT INCO for the processing capacity of each 2.95 million tons and 6.08 million tons.