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PT Arsari Tambang continues to emphasize its commitment to supporting national mineral downstreaming. One of the strategic steps that the company is currently preparing is the construction of a tin and rare earth elements (REE) research center in Bangka, Bangka Belitung Islands Province.
Jakarta, MINE — PT Arsari Tambang continues to emphasize its commitment to supporting national mineral downstreaming. One of the strategic steps that the company is currently preparing is the construction of a tin and rare earth elements (REE) research center in Bangka, Bangka Belitung Islands Province.
This initiative is part of efforts to strengthen mastery of mineral processing technology while encouraging increased added value of mining commodities in the country. It is hoped that the presence of this research center will not only be a means of technological development, but also a foundation for strengthening the national tin industry ecosystem in the future.
The President Director of PT Arsari Tambang, Aryo PS Djojohadikusumo, believes that Indonesia has a strategic position as one of the world’s largest tin producers. However, it is considered that this potential has not been fully balanced by the development of research and innovation based on mineral technology.
“Indonesia has large tin resources, but we must also be able to master the processing technology. In the future, we must not only be exporters of raw materials, but must become major players in the downstream mineral industry,” said Aryo.
According to him, the national mining industry must move towards developing high added value products to be able to compete in the global market while strengthening the resilience of the domestic industry.
The research center that will be built will focus on developing tin processing technology and exploring the potential of rare earth metals which are currently increasingly needed by modern industry. These strategic minerals have an important role in various advanced technology sectors, from electric vehicles, batteries, permanent magnets, to the semiconductor and renewable energy industries.
Aryo added that the development of this research center is also expected to be able to produce innovations in tin derivative products, including solder materials for the needs of the electronics and high technology industries.
“We want to build a strong research ecosystem so that Indonesia has its own technological capabilities, especially in the processing of tin and rare earth metals which have great prospects in the future,” he said.
Arsari Tambang views that the development of a research center cannot be carried out partially. Because of this, the company opens up opportunities for collaboration with various parties, ranging from universities, research institutions, industrial players, to state-owned companies in the mining and metallurgical sectors.
It is hoped that this collaboration will be able to accelerate technology transfer, improve the quality of human resources, and expand innovation in national mineral processing.
The steps to build this research center are also in line with the government’s agenda to encourage downstreaming and industrialization of the mining sector. In recent years, the government has continued to emphasize the importance of domestic mineral processing in order to increase the competitiveness of national industry and create a multiplier effect for the economy.
Previously, Arsari Tambang had also expanded downstream industrial development through the construction of a solder production facility in Batam managed by PT Solder Tin Andalan Indonesia. The presence of this facility is part of the company’s strategy to strengthen the national tin industry value chain while reducing dependence on exports of raw materials.
With the construction of a research center for tin and rare earth metals in Bangka, Arsari Tambang hopes that Indonesia can increasingly play a role as an important player in the world’s strategic mineral industry, not only as a producer of raw materials, but also as a center for innovation and development of mineral resource-based technology.
Source: tambang.co.id
