Jakarta-The Government promised to complete the process of renegotiating mining contracts to fit the Law No. 4 of 2009 on Mineral and Coal Mining in 2012.

Director General of Mineral and Coal Thamrin Sihite Ministry of Energy on Thursday said that in the next two weeks, it will announce the development of the renegotiation that has been done.
"It's been 15 mining contracts are completed and ready renegosiasinya signed," he said.
Beyond that, he continued, many other mining companies also have agreed in principle renegotiation clause.

According to him, the agreement is 15 mining contracts will be reported to the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs and the President.
Meanwhile, in a release, Minister Jero Wacik has spoken with several major mining companies to obtain willingness renegotiate his contract.

On Thursday, Jero received a visit from the President Director of PT Freeport Indonesia, Rozik B Soetjipto.
During the meeting, Jero has admitted to an agreement with Freeport to renegotiate the contract work.
"Renegotiation is to align the contents of the contract in order to better meet the justice and national interest," Jero said.

Meanwhile, observers of the energy and mines ReforMiner Institute, Pri Agung Rakhmanto questioning, to-15 scale mining company.
"Whether big or small mines, and strategic commodity or not," he said.
If small-scale enterprises, he added, the reasonable course has been completed renegosiasinya.
"Without renegotiation, they will follow the provisions of Mining Law," he said.

Pri Agung also called on the government in a more decisive and concrete action through intensive hands-on approach to the contractor.

The government issued Presidential Decree No. 3 of 2012 on the Evaluation Team for Contract Adjustments and Coal Mining Agreement dated January 10, 2012.
The team led by Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, chairman of the newspaper.

There are six strategic issues are the focus of the evaluation team a contract to fit the mandate of Mining Law, which is an area of ​​work, contract extensions, either state income taxes and royalties, divestment obligation, the obligation of processing and refining in the country, and the obligation of the use of goods and services in the mining the country.

Data from the Ministry of Energy said the contracts were as many as 118 large mines which consists of 42 mineral commodities contracts for work and 76 coal mining concession contract work (PKP2B).