"Civil society group accuses Amman Mineral for violating laws on CSR and manpower", 20 January 2023

"A civil society group has accused gold and copper company PT Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara (AMNT) for violating Law No. 4/2019 on Coal and Mineral and regulations on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and manpower issues...

AMNT CEO Rachmat Makkasau did not respond to the Post‘s request for comment.

The mining company operates the Batu Hijau mine. AMNT owns several other promising copper and gold mines in West Sumbawa regency. Batu Hijau mine is the second largest copper and gold mine in Indonesia, after PT Freeport Indonesia’s Grasberg mine in Mimika regency, Central Papua...

Setiawan explained that the company has also violated laws and regulations on manpower. He pointed out the absence of a worker union as one of the violations. In addition, there have been many work accidents that led to death of workers every year.

“We have the complete data on the fatalities of the work accidents, we can publish it,” he said.

Amanat KSB also has the data on the unilateral lay offs, outsourcing status for workers who do the company’s core business and the ban for workers to publish or upload their comments in social media on mining issues.

Setiawan said that he and his group has complained the AMNT’s violations to several ministries and agencies, including the DPR, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, the Ministry of Manpower and the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) as well as the police..."