VIVA  – The government through Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Arifin Tasrif has encouraged PT Indonesia to accelerate the construction of its copper smelter as much as possible."They should speed up the completion of the smelter as soon as possible. Until now, the progress has reached 60 percent with a quite large budget amounting to US$1.5 billion. If it is not finished, it will be such a waster," the minister stated at the Presidential Palace Complex in Jakarta on Friday. Currently, PT Indonesia is building a new copper smelter in Manyar, Special Economic Zone (KEK), Java Integrated Industrial and Port Estate (JIIPE), Gresik, East Java, which is targeted to become fully operational in 2024.

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