Aneka Tambang's operations normal

Aneka Tambang's operations normal

SINGAPORE (Reuters): PT Aneka Tambang nickel mining operations in southeast Sulawesi and Gebe island are functioning normally, a company spokesman said by telephone from Jakarta.

Nickel mining is concentrated in Pomalaa in southeast Sulawesi and Gebe (Maluku).

The ferro-nickel plant in Pomalaa, which uses highly concentrated nickel ore from Pomalaa and Gebe, was also unaffected.

Few mining officials were in their offices in Jakarta yesterday, but Indonesia's main mine operations for copper, tin and nickel are scattered around the volcanic archipelago and have not been touched by rioting, which has been focused this week in the capital Jakarta.