Bintang Delapan Group

Bintang Delapan Group
Headquarters
Jakarta
,
Indonesia
Area served
Asia Pacific
Key people
Boby Tejakusuma (CEO)
ServicesMining and smelting
SubsidiariesPT. Bintang Delapan Resources (Nickel trading)
PT. Bintang Delapan Mineral (Nickel mining)
PT. Bintang Delapan Capital (Investing)
PT. Meltapratama Perkasa (Chemical trading)
PT. Restu Alam Sentosa (Real estate)
PT. Semangat Inovasi Kreatif (Media)
PT. Dover Chemical (Chemical, packaging and engineering)
PT. Sumber Permata Hitam (Coal mining)
PT. Expertest (petrochemicals)
PT. Garuda Agung Perkasa (Coal trading)
PT. Batu Kita Bersama (Commodity trading)
PT. Kencana Andalan Mineral (Limestone trading)
PT. Jelajah Samudra Bersama (Shipping)

Bintang Delapan Group is one of the largest mining companies based in Indonesia. It mines minerals and smelts metals in Indonesia, the Solomon Islands and Myanmar, and partly owns the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park.

Organization

Bintang is one of the largest mining companies in Indonesia.[1] Boby Tejakusuma is the Chief Executive Officer.[2]

The company has close connections to the Indonesian National Armed Forces.[3]

History

Bintang invested US$1 billion[4] in a partnership with Tsingshan Holding Group to build Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) nickel processing facility in Central Sulawesi[5] which opened in 2015.[6][7] IMIP employs 30,000 people and operates 20 smelters.[5] As of 2022, Bintang was a 33.75% shareholder in IMIP.[1]

Also in 2015, the Morowali Regency administration accused the company of operating its Bahodopi mining operations without the necessary Environmental Impact Analysis permit.[8]

Assets

Bintang Mining Company owns a bauxite mine in Rennell Island, Solomon Islands.[9]

See also: Rennell Island bauxite mine

Bintang Delapan Group operates a Nickel smelting facilities in Indonesia.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Aaron Schneider, Alessandro Golombiewski Teixeira, China, Latin America, and the Global Economy: Economic, Historical, and National Issues. (2022). Germany: Springer International Publishing. p. 288
  2. ^ "Home – Bintang Delapan -". bintangdelapan.com. Archived from the original on 2023-03-03. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  3. ^ a b Liao, Jessica C. (4 July 2019). "A Good Neighbor of Bad Governance? China's Energy and Mining Development in Southeast Asia". Journal of Contemporary China. 28 (118): 575–591. doi:10.1080/10670564.2018.1557947. S2CID 158936405.
  4. ^ "UPDATE: Dingxin, Bintang Delapan To Build Nickel Smelter". Dow Jones Institutional News. 7 October 2009. ProQuest 2200261778.
  5. ^ a b Salim, Natasya (2023-02-18). "Nirwana posted videos of working in an Indonesian nickel mine nearly every day. They went viral after she died". ABC News. Archived from the original on 2023-03-03. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  6. ^ Yeung, Peter. "Workers Are Dying in the EV Industry's 'Tainted' City". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Archived from the original on 2023-03-03. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  7. ^ "Chinese workers 'suffering' in Indonesia's nickel factories, complaint says". South China Morning Post. 2023-03-03. Archived from the original on 2023-03-03. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  8. ^ Sangadi, Ruslan (23 May 2015). "Mining firm accused of operating illegally". The Jakarta Post. Archived from the original on 2023-03-03. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  9. ^ "'They failed us': how mining and logging devastated a Pacific island in a decade". The Guardian. 2021-05-30. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2023-03-03. Retrieved 2023-03-03.