JAKARTA, April 14 (Reuters) - The Indonesian state
enterprises ministry may set up a state-owned mining holding
company that could buy foreign-owned shares in mining firms, the
senior executive of a state miner said on Thursday.
PT Aneka Tambang Tbk ANTM.JK (Antam) and PT Inalum may
join other state miners to form a holding company, Antam
President Director Tedy Badrujaman told reporters.
A separate Indonesian group, including prominent businessman
Arifin Panigoro, has offered to buy a controlling stake in
Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) Corp's NEM.N local operations in a deal that
industry insiders have said could reach $2 billion.
"Actually Newmont is not the only one that is attractive,"
Badrujaman said. "All the foreign-owned shares related to the
core business of Antam and state miners, we can take, be it a
gold or nickel company."