Mining Summit draws 200 firms

Mining Summit draws 200 firms

JAKARTA (JP): About 200 mining technology producers from
across the world, including Australia, Canada, Poland and the
United States, will take part in the mining fair and conference
scheduled to take place from Dec. 3 to Dec. 5 at the Jakarta
International Exhibition Center in Kemayoran, Jakarta.

The fair and conference's committee also said on Monday that
about 5,000 professionals from the mining industry are expected
to visit this year's Indonesian Mining Investment Summit, which
is billed as the largest such summit ever staged in the region.

The fair and conference will be held amid growing concern in
several countries over riots that have rocked the country over
the past several weeks.

"International exhibitors and conference speakers are ignoring
embassy and media warnings (about security in Indonesia) and
coming to Mining Indonesia and the Indonesian Mining Investment
Summit to express their confidence in the future of Indonesia,"
chairman of the fair's international organizing committee
Geoffrey Gold said.

The fair and conference will be organized by PT Pamerindo
Abadi and hosted by the Indonesian Mining Association and the
Association of Indonesian Mining Professionals.

Keynote speeches at the event will be delivered by
Coordinating Minister for Economy, Finance and Industry Ginandjar
Kartasasmita and Minister of Mines and Energy Kuntoro
Mangkusubroto. (jsk)