NNT gets gold for safety, health

NNT gets gold for safety, health

JAKARTA: Copper and gold mining company PT Newmont Nusa
Tenggara (NNT) has received the Upakarti Aditama award from the
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources for its performance in
maintaining the safety and health of its workers at its mine.

The award is the highest given by the government for companies
that show good performance in maintaining the safety and health
of its workers. The performance is measured by the frequency and
severity of accidents at the workplace.

NNT, which operates a huge copper and gold mine in Batu Hijau,
Lombok, recorded high performance in employee safety and health
in 2002.

"In 2002, the frequency of injuries suffered by NNT employees
at the workplace was only 0.04, with no fatalities," NNT General
Manager Operations Phil Brumit said in a media release.

Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Purnomo Yusgiantoro
handed the award to Phil Brumit in a ceremony on Wednesday.

NNT received the gold award, beating out 33 companies being
evaluated by a panel of judges.

The evaluation was conducted in September by the ministry's
officials, who visited NNT's mine site to inspect the safety and
health system at the company. -- JP