Indocement operates again

Indocement operates again

CIREBON, West Java: Cement company PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa
said on Friday it had resumed operations at one of its factories
in Cirebon, after fixing what the local environmental office had
described as damage causing a high amount of dust to leak to the
atmosphere.

Indocement corporate secretary Ria Sjahroni said the factory
had ceased operations from March 12 to March 18. It had since
resumed normal operations, she said.

On Thursday, Yadi Djunurhadi from Cirebon's environmental
office said it had asked the factory to suspend operations,
citing a broken dust-extraction device needing repair. He said
the dust released posed a threat to human health and the
environment.

Ria declined to confirm this and refused to say whether the
leakage was the result of damage found at the factory's dust
extraction equipment.

"There has been a bit of a fluctuation in dust released to the
atmosphere but we have rectified the problem," she said,
explaining the company had registered a "slight increase" in the
amount of dust released by the plant.

She said the problem was dealt with through maintenance work,
during which time the factory suspended operations. -- JP