Press Release

Plans to form The State Owned Enterprises (SOE) Holding is continues to be realized by the Ministry of SOEs. Until now, there have been several SOE Holding formed, such as fertilizer, cement, estates, and immediately following the six SOE holding, one of them is SOE Holding in the mining sector which is planned to be have been formed this year.

PT Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk or PTBA as one of The Mining SOE expressed to be readiness for the plan. President Director of PTBA Ir. Arviyan Arifin said, every human of PTBA should have believes that the purpose of SOE Holding is very well. The first purpose ias to give greater power to the mining industry in the country in order to achieve efficiency efforts in all respects.

The second, that the ability of the company to be larger, so the company can expand in an effort to master the mining resources which have very little controlled by the state.

A third purposes, with this holding, control over water sources and soil are mandated in The Constitution 1945, Article 33, can be achieved, because with the unified and together, The SOE becomes stronger than their own.

"This is part of the purpose of SOE Holding," said Arifin Arviyan in the program of socialization of The SOE Holding to human of PTBA in the auditorium of Gedung Serba Guna (GSG) Bukit Asam, Tanjung Enim, in the middle of October 2016.

Arviyan Arifin Admitted, the establishment of the holding company or state-owned holding sectorally is certainly not only the external impact on the course in terms of the law. For any internal PTBA potential to cause various effects, for example with regard to their employment status, such as the status of an employee in return for work performance, fund or retirement benefits, up to no less than 42 thousand employees who depend on PTBA, and so forth.

"In this regard, Bukit Asam has had a pension plan that is very nice and is supported by companies that sustain," said Arifin Arviyan.

As it’s generally known by the public, The Government is preparing six SOE Holding, i.e. mining, banking, energy, food, housing, and highways. SOEs are involved in SOE holding mining sector is PT Antam (Persero) Tbk, PT Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk, PT Timah (Persero) Tbk, PT Freeport Indonesia and PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Persero) which will be the leader of SOE holding mining.

To explain more deeply and answered concerns human PTBA about why PTBA not be appointed as a main or leader for SOE Holding, where PTBA is a mining company the oldest in Indonesia, so PTBA invite an Assistant Deputy Mining, Strategic Industry and Media I SOE Ministry RI, Bagja Mulyanto.

On the occasion, Bagja explained, five SOEs mining are like a beautiful girl. There is one among them the most beautiful, is PTBA. However, even the most beautiful, PTBA not be a main holding, because the government will have a little trouble remembering PTBA is a public company so that the relative constraints will cause a lot of momentum and great potential "missed the train" because it must go through the lengthy procedure.

"After all, in the future, all positions will be aligned, either PTBA, Antam, Inalum, Timah, and Freeport Indonesia. There will be holding its own to deal with SOE Mining Industry, "said Mulyanto Bagja.

Bagja also said, look at the track record and performance that has been achieved, PTBA has a decent capacity if one day PTBA believed to preside holding mining industry. PTBA has the best sons are qualified when the place was relieved in another state.

"Ministry of SOEs provides the widest opportunity to beings SOEs to compete not only in the sphere holding the mining sector, but also in other industrial sectors. In terms of career development, the cross among SOEs would think the rules follow the development of the company, "said Bagja