Classification Business for coal barge and its tug boat downturn predicted this year because coal mining is also predicted business is still slow conveyed by Sjaifuddin Thahir - Corporate Communication - BKI. The reason is the low price of coal and legal certainty in the mining industry is still a major challenge for employers of coal in 2015.   The decline in barge classification caused directly proportional to the problems that hamper the national coal industry among others:

  1. There is no legal certainty for the long term. Whereas the return on investment and coal barges to transport coal mined quite long. Therefore, the coal mining industry requires legal certainty. Such guarantees should be fair, both for izin usaha pertambangan (IUP) or perjanjian karya pengusahaan pertambangan batubara (PKP2B).
  2. Renegotiation PKP2B done without regard to the interests of employers. For example, the government requires the owner PKP2B carry coal processing and increase value-added for the benefit of the country. While owner IUP, also have to face the increase in coal royalty rates. IUP coal royalty rate increase is high. As an illustration, the Government Regulation No. 9/2012 on Rates Income Tax State Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources IUP coal royalties set between 3% to 7% depending on the levels of calories. Now, the government raised the IUP coal royalties to 7% -13.5% depending on the levels of calories.
  3. The selling price of coal slumped, while production costs rose. As a result, some employers owner IUP and PKP2B suspend mining operations there is no traffic carried by ship.
  4. Weak enforcement of illegal coal mines. These conditions create excess supply and the more pressing the price of coal. During this illegal coal supply could reach 60 million tons per year.
  5. The domestic market slowed, while exports of coal is limited.
  6. The program to improve the added value of coal is also going nowhere.

 How to anticipate the classification business slump coal barge and its tug boat?

  1. Government should seriously organize the national coal industry. Utilization of coal for the needs of the local market should also be encouraged. For example, the construction of a steam power plant (power plant) included in the program to improve the added value of coal, thus encouraging investment power plant development and utilization of coal barge and its tug boat.
  2. Raising the price of coal to revive the coal business. Expectation that coal reference price (HBA) can go up to US $ 80 per ton. As of January 2015, the HBA is US $ 63.84 per ton. This figure is down 22.05% compared with the HBA in January 2014, which reached US $ 81.9 per ton.
  3. 3. In order to anticipate this, the coal company seeks to efficiency and renegotiate prices with contractors and suppliers of fuel oil. (ST/2015)