Indorayon resumes operations<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed PT Inti Indorayon Utama's pulp
\nand rayon mill near Lake Toba in North Sumatra resumed operations
\non Thursday after almost four months of closure due to security
\ndisturbances by protesters who accused the company of damaging
\nthe local environment.<\/p>\n
Indorayon's finance director David Pile confirmed that 17
\ntrucks began hauling supplies and materials to the mill on
\nWednesday under security guard surveillance. More trucks arrived
\nat the plant on Thursday without any disturbances.<\/p>\n
\"We have to be in operation for four to five weeks before the
\ngovernment-appointed independent audit team begins its work in
\nour industry,\" Pile said.<\/p>\n
The company was forced to stop production in early July after
\nlocal protesters blocked the main access roads to the plant,
\nthereby disrupting the deliveries of supplies.<\/p>\n
But the North Sumatra governor allowed the plant to reopen
\nlast Tuesday in preparations for the audit team to start work.<\/p>\n
The report of the independent audit team will determine the
\nfate of the Indorayon plant, which has annual capacities of
\n240,000 tons of pulp and 60,000 tons of rayon fiber.<\/p>",
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