BHP Petangis presents ex-mining site blueprint
Saturday, October 20 2001 - 02:27 AM WIB
Coal mining firm PT BHP Petangis presented on Thursday a blueprint to transforms its ex-mining site in East Kalimantan?s Pasir regency into a tourism spot, the local Kaltim Post daily said.
The paper said that some 315.6 ha of ex-mining site would be transform into a park equipped with facility for sports, camping site, forest site, lake, etc.
The Pasir regency administration welcomes the blueprint, saying that it was a good example on how to manage ex-mining sites to help protect the environment.(*)