Jakarta - Expert Staff PT INDOTAMA Ferro Aloys, Hermana Tanuwijaya said its manganese ore processing plant has a capacity of 72,000 tons per year. According to him, it is now difficult to find raw materials from the mining business license (IUP) which is widely spread in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) and West Nusa Tenggara (NTB).

INDOTAMA As of September has been importing raw materials as much as 17,000 tons of manganese ore from Malaysia. "In the near future, we will bring another 5,000 tons of manganese ore, Hermana said, quoted by the daily Rakyat Merdeka (11/11).

Besides INDOTAMA, PT Century Metalindo also has operated the smelter with the end product in the form of ferro manganese with a capacity of 36,000 tons per year .

Ferro Manganese functions as a mixture of iron ore production for the manufacture of steel. most commodities are produced from artisanal mining manganese or plasma shaped by directly involving the public power. Paradigm exports still lingering in the m
inds of the miners, so that when governments apply export duties by 20% more people who shutting the mine.