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PT Multi Nitrotama Kimia (MNK), Indonesia’s leading provider of mining explosives and blasting services, has entered  the underground blasting services for tunneling in hydropower projects as part of market diversification strategy amid the lingering mining industry downturn.

MNK sees demand for blasting services from the coal industry to stay low as mining companies delay expansion plan, or even slash down coal production target. The drop in coal prices has pushed the miners down to rock-bottom level and forced them to take survival mode.

“We try to catch up with the market demand. When the mining sector is weakening, we still maintain our existence but also look for opportunities in other sectors because we do not know when the situation will improve,” MNK’s President Director Charles D. Gobel said to CoalAsia recently.

Incorporated in 1987, MNK has been granted permit to produce and distribute explosives since 1991. The production of ammonium nitrate (AN), which is the raw and main material to make explosives, began in 1990. The company has now maintained itself a key provider of explosive services for mining companies.

MNK intensifies communication and maintains strong partnership with its customers in mining industry by supporting their efficiency initiatives and helping to find ways to survive in the current situation.

“However, we also want to diversify our business to other sectors, particularly quarry and underground tunneling for hydropower projects,” MNK’s Sales & Services Director Wawa Jaka Sungkawa said.

Blasting services for tunneling in hydropower projects is part of MNK’s initiative to tap new opportunities in other sectors than mining. The company also realizes the lucrative business in infrastructure projects, such as hydropower and road.

“Blasting service for tunneling in hydropower project is the same as underground mining. We are currently running some tunneling projects in Cianjur, Aceh and Medan. We are also discussing plan for tunneling project in Jambi,” Wawa said.

The tunneling in hydropower and roads projects require more efficient drilling and blasting services as it has to break through hard rock formations. Drilling and blasting for tunneling projects, according to Charles, will not be effective in soft rock formation as it keeps collapsing.

Amid the current weak demand for AN in the mining sector, MNK tries to target new markets by selling nitric acid, a raw material of AN production, for the chemical industries. MNK produces nitric acid and gets ammonia supply from fertilizer firm PT Pupuk Kujang. The processing of nitric acid and ammonia produces AN.

MNK also eyes market opportunities in quarry for blasting services as infrastructure development, particularly roads, needs stones supply from quarries. Manual mining in quarry, according to Charles, only works for small scale mining but large scale quarry requires blasting services to be competitive.

In addition, MNK is currently developing a non-electric detonator (Nonels) assembly plant at the Integrated Explosives Center in Handil, East Kalimantan province. Initial production capacity is targeted at 2.3 million pieces of accessories per annum.

Nonels can be used either in open mining (surface mining), or in underground mining such as in gold, nickel, coal and other mineral mines. “We will soon be able to produce nonels,” Wawa said.

Technical services

As the only integrated commercial explosive company in Indonesia, MNK provides end-to-end explosive solutions that cover from explosive supply to blasting services. The company owns two explosive plants namely MNK-1 and MNK-2 and also full range of licenses for producing and transporting explosives in the rigidly-regulated industry.

“We have highly competent experts and provide technical services for our customers who currently implement efficiency initiatives. In fact, our technical service is free of charge,” Wawa said.

Technical services of MNK cover technical assistance for customers in determining the explosive requirement and application for specific project. Prior to blasting phase, MNK conducts technical analysis, such as rock characteristic, blasting pattern and spacing burden in order to achieve more optimal blasting result.

“For blasting, we should not use too much explosives as it may cause unexpected fragmentation and inflict more  costs for customers,” he said, adding that MNK also offers tailor-made blasting solutions. The technical service provides added-value for customers as it offers precise explosive requirement for blasting.

In coal mine blasting, for example, the fragmentation will determine the cost structure of coal processing in crusher plant. If the size of coal is too big, the crusher will work harder that will consume more fuel and spare parts. On the other hand, if the size of coal is too small, the crusher will not work optimally.

MNK aims to support its customers by providing more efficient and optimal drilling and blasting which eventually reduces total production costs. A more efficient mining company means greater competitiveness.

“This is part of MNK’s corporate transformation from a merely explosive supplier company to an integrated commercial explosive company,” Charles said.

Oversupply market

Unfortunately, Charles said that the domestic explosive industry has been hard hit not only by weak demand from the mining sector, but also oversupply situation in the market.  versupply of explosive materials according to Charles, also occurs globally due to the low commodity prices environment.

Charles revealed that Australia has 500,000 tons per year of AN excess supply and China has 1.5 million tons per year of AN oversupply. For Indonesia, he said that domestic AN consumption was 400,000 tons and the total domestic production capacity was 500,000 tons in 2015.

“The economic-scale of Indonesia’s explosive market is more than enough and it is expected that AN consumption trend will keep declining in 2016,” he said. Amid low commodity prices, according to Charles, mining companies prefer suspending their expansion plans, or even reducing their activities.

Charles also highlights the relatively low utilization of national AN production capacity due to oversupply condition in the domestic market, worsened by the inflow of import. “The national AN producers utilization is only about 50 percent,” he said.

The number is derived from total domestic consumption of 400,000 tons in 2015 subtracted with 130,000 tons of AN imports and the result is 270,000 tons. The 270,000 is a little more than 50 percent of total domestic production capacity at 500,000 tons per year.

Wawa confirms that the oversupply condition and inflow of imports have negatively affected the local AN producers. “We want the government to help local companies by temporarily stopping AN import and to reopen it when the AN demand recovers,” he said.

With a good, proven corporate values and practices, PT Multi Nitrotama Kimia has established itself as Indonesia’s leading trader and producer of ammonium nitrate, as well as a solution provider in explosive services for mining companies.

As a domestic company,PT Multi Nitrotama Kimia (MNK) is known today as a company noticeably from other firms not least due to its pioneering innovations and technical expertise in mining services for miners, but also because of its corporate culture and governance. Good corporate values and practices have also transformed the figure of MNK as true solution provider in the mining sector, the company’s President Director Dharma Djojonegoro said.“There was the time for MNK known as a producer of a trader and producer of ammonium nitrate(AN), an essential explosive material used in mining activities, but nowthe company has transformed as asolution-oriented company offering various integrated services to mining companies,” he said He added with a 26-years experience, MNK had established itself as a prominent company with competitive strengths and advantages. “Mining explosives is a high barrier-to-entry industry, protected by regulations and limited feedstock.And here we are. As a domestic firm, we have successfully demonstrated MNK a reliable company, in which the company holds a critical and integral part of the mining value chain for big players in the mining sector in Indonesia,” he said.MNK, he added, was unrivalled with more than two decades ofexperience in its business line,supported with proven technology.

Business lines

Incorporated in 1987, MNK was granted to produce and distribute explosives since 1991. The production of ammonium nitrate, which is the raw and main material to make explosives, began in 1990. Ammonium nitrate is the main material to make explosives and should be first mixed with fuel oil and  processed into ANFO (AmmoniumNitrate Fuel Oil). As a detonator, it isplanted underground and used with

a fuse.In addition to AN, used as one ofthe raw materials to open mining areasby mining companies and contractors, MNK also makes nitric acid (NA), the raw material for AN, also used for the production of organic synthetics (dyes, nitrate cellulose, polyurethane)  and in metallurgy (steel etching, pickling) In trading, MNK’s business include AN, emulsion, which is a derivative of AN product, generally used for blasting activities on wet lands; and accessories for explosives including dynamites, detonators and bulk explosive. “The company is equipped with an American technology to in NA production and French technology in AN production,” said Dharma Djojonegoro. In addition to explosives and accessories supplies, MNK also offers on-site blasting services at the mining areas. This is part of the integrated mining service of the company. Other services include down-thehole (DTH); blasting consulting and technical services; and mobile mixing unit. The latter is a mobile setting  unit to process bulk explosives at the mining pit. The company has now maintained itself a key provider of explosive services for mining companies. Today MNK is servicing most of the big mining companies in the country “In recent years, MNK is known as a total-solution provider. We are not only producing or trading AN, but extending solution-oriented services for its customers,” said Commercial Director Alex Djajadisastra, adding the company was like a one-stop service operator in the mining sector. He added that in ammonium nitrate production, MNK is the market leader if the Indonesian AN market, servicing leading miners in the country.

Facilities and services

The company has completed a second facility, increasing annual production capacity to 140,000 metric-tons and ensuring supply reliability; which has boosted MNK’s competitive strength and advantage. The company also has a comprehensive supply chain network to guarantee AN supply reliability to its customers across the archipelago. “In term of feedstock security, MNK has secured long term supply of ammonia, the critical feedstock in AN production from PupukKujang until 2018,” said SaptoAriyono, the company’s Technical & Production Director. As a company now also focusing on solution, MNK provides integrated and customized end-to-end services to the mining companies. It various services including providing supporting equipments and services for activities in the field, especially the detonation process in mining locations. The works are handled by skilled workers and professional experts.

The Jakarta-based company has an extensive array of blasting accessories and is currently upgrading supply capability through an integrated explosive center. MNK has a number of facilities producing nitric acid with a capacity of 150,000 metric tons and ammonium nitrate 140.000 metric tons, respectively. The company has as well a warehouse in Samarinda and another production facility in Cikampek of West Java, with a total capacity of 12.000 metric-tons of AN and in Marunda (6,000-metricton capacity). There are other facilities located in Jakarta (Handil, East Kalimantan) (accessories’ warehouse), and Banjarmasin of South Kalimantan (6.000 metric-ton capacity). To improve the image of MNK as an integrated mining service provider, the company is now constructing a detonator assembly plant in Handil, East Kalimantan. “Completion is scheduled in October this year. The facility will have a capacity of 3 million pieces per year,” said Alex Djajadisastra.

Values and practices

MNK has so far been enjoying the good opportunity, enabling it to take advantage of the robust growth in the mining sector in Indonesia. The company currently controls over 30 percent of the country’s market share for explosive materials. The company will continue with its expansion plan to meet the rising demand for explosives, in which the domestic demand is expected to reach 600,000 metric tons this year with growing rate at an average of 7 percent annually. However, since the company now also focuses on solution and integrated services, MNK has also prepared improved human investment  or personnel in the services and operational units. The transformation has also been taking place internally, underlining the company’s corporate culture and governance. “That’s why, in addition to increasing production and improving services, MNK will keep on improving its personnel to meet the challenge and harsh competition of the industry,” said Dharma Djojonegoro. MNK employs over 500 personnel. As the company is committed to providing reliable quality delivery and service with continuous focus on safety, it’s important to improve and develop the human resources and company’s values and good practices.“Maintaining the values and practices and developing them in a sustainable manner is extremely important to us. After all, long-term success can only be built on strong corporate cultural basis,” said Dharma Djojonegoro. He added that MNK now applies five guidelines for the personnel to maintain the company as a prominent firm in Indonesia. “This is for good corporate culture and governance. The five guidelines include care to the company; good teamwork; customer focus; solution oriented; and continues excellence,” hesaid. He added MNK had standards or values, an essential part of the company“ By applying values in what we practice as a corporate, we create and maintain a healthy corporate culture, so MNK will stay as a leading firm with world-class capabilities and talent, he said, adding that the company was always proud as the part of the growth of the mining sector in Indonesia.

Explosive maker and distribution firm PT Multi Nitrotama Kimia (MNK) continues to expand their business with amain target of becoming a leading company in Indonesia, which provides integrated services on explosives. Dharma Djojonegoro, the president director of PT Ancora

Indonesia Resources (AIR) which is MNK’s parent company, told Coal Asia recently that coal mining would continue

to grow and expand in Indonesia. Such growth would be followed by increasing demand on explosives, which offers

new opportunities for integrated explosive providers like MNK to keep expanding in business, also maintain its position as the market leader in Indonesia. MNK plans to become an integrated mining service provider in explosives, starting with the Ammonium Nitrate (AN) production, conducting emulsification and blasting processes, even making AN inventory. So far, MNK has worked on emulsification services in several mines. Dharma said that the company offers reliability and prime customer services to its clients. “There are no other Indonesian company like MNK that offers end-to-end services. We are an Indonesian company. We know how to do business here (in Indonesia). We have the logistics supply chain, production capacity, and certainty in getting the raw material to produce AN as the supplier is one of MNK shareholders, PT Pupuk Kujang,” Dharma said.

Ammonium Nitrate is the main material to make explosives and should be first mixed with fuel oil and processed into ANFO (Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil). It is planted underground and used with a fuse. This is what we call a detonator.

At present, the company is building a detonator assembly and a warehouse with 6,000-ton capacity in Pendingin area, Samarinda, East Kalimantan, worth around US$ 2 to 3 million in investment. The construction project is scheduled to be completed later this year. The company’s other warehouses include those in Cikampek (4,000-ton capacity), Marunda (6,000-ton capacity), Jakarta (accessories’ warehouse), and Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan (3,000-ton capacity). In the construction of the detonator assembly, the company has planned to establish a joint operation with some foreign companies which provide the technology. PT Multi Nitrotama Kimia, which was first established in 1987, has obtained the permit to produce and distribute explosives since 1991. The production of ammonium nitrate, which is the raw and main material to make explosives, has been started since 1990. MNK’s first plant, which has the capacity to produce 37,000  tons of AN chemicals a year, made the initial production.

Though the plant produces only 37,000 tons of ammonium nitrate per year, MNK has, however, managed to distribute up to 180,000 tons last year. The company imported the rest of the chemicals to be distributed locally, especially to the coal mining industry.

This year, MNK management is optimistic they would be able to produce an additional 90,000 tons of ammonium nitrate in their second plant, so the total production of both plants would reach 127,000 tons. The second ammonium nitrate plant started its construction since October 2009, and has been on commercial operation since January 2012, with approximately US$ 73 million worth ofinvestment. The fund for the construction project was obtained through shareholders’ deposit, bank loans, and the company’s internal funding, Dharma said.

In building the plant, PT Multi Nitrotama Kimia has appointed a consortium, PT Inti Kaya Persada Teknik, as the company in charge of the construction of the second MNK plant. A holding company in chemical and fertilizer industry has been appointed as the engineering consultant. For its total distribution, MNK has set a target to distribute around 235,000 tons of ammonium nitrate this year, a significant increase compared to last year’s distribution, which was 180,000 tons. “We are committed to providing reliable and timely supply to all our clients,” Dharma said.

MNK currently holds around 45 percent market share of the local explosive industry. There are at least, seven more similar companies competing in the same market in Indonesia, a market which is still wide open. Some of MNK’s major clients include PT Freeport Indonesia, PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara (NNT), PT Adaro Indonesia, PT Kideco Jaya Agung, and PT Asmin Koalindo Tuhup (AKT). “We won new multi-year contracts worth more than $ 100 million last year. Given that we now have a stable and reliable production base in the country,we will continue to sign up more customers to long term contracts.” Dharma said. Besides increasing production and improving services, Dharma said that MNK would continue to improve its human resources to meet the challenge and harsh competition of the global industry.

Business activities

Nitrate Acid Production

Nitrate Acid’s raw materials are Ammonia and air. Ammonia oxidation in the atmosphere is conducted in a reactor in gas phase. It continues the process passing through the platinum screener, using the technology designed by DM Weatherly (USA).

Ammonium Nitrate (AN) Production

AN’s raw materials are Ammonia and Nitric Acid ( HNO₃ ), which are reacted in a reactor pipe to form Ammonium Nitrate with around 85 percent concentration. This process uses the technology designed by Kaltenbach Thuring (France).

Assembly

MNK works with PT Dyno Nobel, Australia, a prominent company which is also one of the creators of explosives, specifically used in various mines throughout the world. A Non-Electric Detonator (Nonel) assembly plant, is being built in Muara Kembang, Muara Jawa, Handil, East Kalimantan. Nonels can be used either in open mining (Surface Mining), or in Underground Mining such as in gold, nickel, coal and other mineral mines. The Nonel assembly plant is scheduled  to work on its first production later this year. And during its initial operation, the plant will produce around  2.5 million pieces of Nonels, which will be increased later to up to six million pieces per year. Some types of Nonels in production are:

• EZTL Nonel is a low-power detonator for surface mining, which is usually used with MS Nonel to create flexible, easy-to-use initiation system to open mining and construction operation.

• MS (Millisecond) Series is a high-power delay detonator. The “28 Series” has the capability to perform with only around 25-1,000 millisecond delay.

• LP Nonel is a non-electric delay detonator in the form of long, yellow, shock tube with a high-power detonator attached on one hand, and a sealed cover on the other.

Emulsion

Emulsion is a type of explosives processed in liquid oxide phase. It is mixed with (diesel) oil in the oil phase, and added with emulsifier to maintain its emulsion phase. Microballon glass or gassing chemical agent is used as the magnifier to create a “hot-spot” phenomenon when it forms very small (down to 0,001 millimeter) oxidation granules/ particles.

At present, emulsion explosives are widely used in detonation process in various mineral mines. The explosives are produced in cartridge packages, and bulk, which could be unloaded into the blast holes using Mobile Mixer Unit (MMU) trucks. For its production, MNK has managed to develop its first “On-Site Plant” (OSP) for the commercial production of the emulsion explosives. The plant, located in Indomura (Central Kalimantan), has the capacity to produce up to 1,260 tons of emulsion explosives a year.

Quality Control

Regular laboratory checks are required to maintain the product quality. Meanwhile, to maintain maximum accuracy on the data, also have more control on the process, MNK uses a computerized control system called Distribution Control System (DCS). As a counter check on their products’ quality control, the company has worked with authorized institutions  including PPTM (Mineral Technology Development Centre) in Bandung, and State-Survey Company Sucofindo in Jakarta.

Services

PT Multi Nitrotama Kimia offers various services including providing supporting equipments and services for activities in the field, especially the detonation process in mining locations. The works are handled by skilled workers and professional experts.

Blasting/ Detonation Services

Total Loading and Blasting Services (TLBS) are integrated services in blasting process conducted in mining locations, which cover:

1. Manufacturing explosives (manually or in mobile setting).

2. Loading explosives

• Priming (Installing the detonator and dynamites)

• Loading bulk explosives

3. Filling up the holes with cover materials

4. Installing surface detonator

5. Shooting

Down the Hole (DTH)

Is part of the services provided in blasting activities conducted in mining locations. They cover:

1. Manufacturing the explosives (manually or in mobile setting).

2. Loading the explosives into the holes, which works include:

• Priming (installing the detonator+ dynamites)

• Loading bulk explosives

Blasting Technique Consultation (Technical Services)

Is making the estimation on the occurring tremors or effect of the detonation, including following up customers’ complaints against MNK services. They cover:

1. Measuring the tremors and noise as the result of the detonation process and measuring the impact on the surrounding areas local community

2. Detonation/ blasting activity

3. Consultation with clients on safe and optimal detonation process.

Mobile Mixing Unit (MMU)

To secure fast, efficient filling of the drilled hole, MNK provides MMU (Mobile Mixing Unit) which is a mobile setting unit to process bulk explosives at the mining pit. Here, it is mixed with other chemicals/ raw materials the MMU carries.

Trading Activity

To secure the supply, MNK is actively involved in trade activities for Ammonium Nitrate (AN) and other products including the accessories and other support equipments, related to the blasting services. The company also works with related, reliable suppliers in the field.

Ammonium Nitrate

Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil (ANFO) is the only one of many materials of explosives, which largest component is AN mixed with fuel oil. Based on research, mining experts tend to use ANFO due to its safe and economical characteristics.

Compared to other materials for explosives, ANFO is categorized as drybasis for either underground or open/ surface detonations with the hole’s diameter between one and 12 inches or larger.

Accessories

Types of accessories of explosives traded by MNK cover; Dynamite, is a type of explosives that can explode only by using a detonator. This type is used to detonate bulk explosives (ANFO, ANFO+ emulsion). Examples: Powergel Magnum  3151, Powergel Magnum 365, booster. Detonator is a bullet shell container with explosive fillers (PETN) which functions in the initial ignition process. Examples: electric detonator, nonelectric detonator, electromagnetic detonator (ICON).

Nitrate Acid

Nitrate Acid is the raw material for Ammonium Nitrate, also to be used as organic synthesis (dyes, nitrate cellulose, polyurethane, and metallurgy (steel etching and picking). Specification: Strength 60% minimum; Oxide 0.01 percent, maximum dissolved (as NO₂)

Emulsion

PT MNK continues to develop ammonium nitrate and its derivatives, including by starting to produce the type of emulsion that would become MNK’s high-quality products.

Bulk Explosive

Is a type of explosive which components are not classified as explosives. However, if these components are mixed in certain weight and compositions, they will become explosives.

Explosive maker and distribution firm PT Multi Nitrotama Kimia (MNK) increases the capacity of  its ammonium nitrate production from only around 37,000 tons to 137,000 tons a year by starting the commercial operation of its second ammonium nitrate plant inKrawang, West Java, in mid-January this year.

MNK, established in 1987, has obtained the permit to produce and distribute explosives since 1991. The ammonium nitrate, as one and the main raw material for explosives, has been produced since 1990 in the MNK first plant, which has the capacity to produce only around 37,000 tons of chemicals per year.

Though the plant produces only 37,000 tons ammonium nitrate per year, MNK has, however, managed to distribute up to 200,000 tons per year. MNK has imported the rest of the chemicals to be distributed locally, especially to the coal industry, Dharma Djojonegoro, the President & CEO of PT MNK, told Coal Asia in early February 2012 in Jakarta.

This year, MNK is optimistic they would be able to produce an additional 90,000 tons of ammonium nitrate in their second plant, so the total production of both plants would reach 127,000 tons, Dharma said. “The second plant is actually capable of producing up to 100,000 tons per year,” Dharma said.  For the total distribution of ammonium nitrate this year, MNK has set the target to manage up to 235,000 tons, which is an increase compare to that of last year, which was 180,000 tons. ”We keep on trying to reduce the import volume of the ammonium nitrate,” Alex Djajadisastra, the Commercial Director of PT MNK said.

According to Alex, the local market of explosives is still wide open. Moreover, the mining industry, especially coal mining, has continued to develop. Alex estimated around 570,000 to 580,000 tons of ammonium nitrate would be needed throughout the year to anticipate the growth of the industry. ”Within the next five years, this industry will continue to grow… as there is the factor in which the coal industry also continue to develop and grow…. The average growth would be around eight to 10 percent per year,” said Rolaw P. Samosir, MNK’s director of Finance and Administration, who accompanied Alex during the talk with Coal Asia.

At present, around 70 percent of the explosive products have been used to facilitate the coal mining industry. Alex said that around 20 percent has been utilized in other mineral mining, while the remaining 10 percent is locally distributed to facilitate various industries such as; construction, and cement.

MNK currently holds around 45 percent market share of the explosive industry. There are at least seven more similar companies competing in the same market which is still wide open, Alex said. Some of MNK’s major clients, Alex said, include PT Freeport Indonesia, PT Pama Persada, PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara (NNT), PT Adaro Indonesia, PT Kideco Jaya Agung, and PT Asmin Koalindo Tuhup.

MNK is the only company, which runs an integrated business on explosives, starting from  trading, production, as well as service provisions. ”Maybe we offer the same product as everyone else does, but we offer more to our clients,” Alex said.

”We offer full, all-in services; we prepare the plant, we install the explosives on the designated place, put them into the set holes, and detonate the explosives. MNK offer reliability and prime customer services to our clients,” Alex said.

Besides that, Rolaw added that MNK deserved the excellence because it could ensure sustainable production of ammonium nitrate, as its raw materials are, among others, ammonia (NH3) and nitric acid (HNO3) which can be easily obtained from the fertilizer maker PT Pupuk Kujang, which is located near MNK’s ammonium nitrate plant. Besides that, PT Pupuk Kujang is actually one of MNK shareholders which hold approximately 25 percent ownership of PT MNK.

“We secure the raw material supply,” Rolaw said. At present, the majority of MNK shareholders are Indonesia-listed firms; PT Ancora Indonesia Resources Tbk with 50 percent ownership shares, Yayasan Dana Abadi Karya Bakti (Dakab) with 25 percent ownership, and the fertilizer maker, PT Pupuk Kujang. MNK has also actively engaged in trading activities of goods related to ammonium nitrate products, also blasting services, which include accessories and  other supporting equipments. The company has worked together with several reliable suppliers in the field. Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil (ANFO) is one of many types of materials for explosives with the largest part of its components, consists of ammonium nitrate mixed with fuel oil. Based on developed research, experts in mining industry prefer the use of ANFO due to its safety and economical characteristics. Compared to other types of raw materials for explosives, ANFO is in the category of dry-based explosives with high safety for either in-soil blasting or open detonations with the hole-diameter between one and 12 inches, or more.

MNK sells various types of accessories for explosives for mining activities, such as dynamites, detonators, and nitric acid.

Nitric acid is one of the ingredients to manufacture ammonium nitrate, emulsion, also bulk explosives.

For types of services, MNK provides, among others, total loading and blasting services, also down-thehole services which is an integrated services for mining works. They include producing the explosives manually, as well as in mobile setting, installing the explosives in the priming holes (installing detonators and dynamites), and loading bulk explosives.

Besides that, MNK also offers consultation services for detonation techniques and mobile mixing units so that the installation process (filling explosives into the drilled holes) can be more practical and done faster.

Source : Coal Asia, Volume 16, Februari 23, – March 23, 2012

Karawang (ANTARA News) – Menteri Perindustrian MS Hidayat meresmikan pabrik amonium nitrat kedua milik PT Multi Nitrotama Kimia yang berlokasi di Kawasan Industri Kujang Cikampek, Kecamatan Cikampek, Kabupaten Karawang, Jawa Barat, Senin.

Direktur Keuangan PT Multi Nitrotama Kimia, Rolaw P Samosir, mengatakan, pabrik amonium nitrat PT Multi Nitrotama Kimia yang kedua mulai dibangun sejak Oktober 2009 dengan investasi sebesar 69 juta dolar AS. Pembiayaan pembangunan pabrik tersebut diperoleh dari dana setoran pemegang saham, pinjaman bank dan dana internal perusahaan.

Dalam pembangunan pabrik tersebut, PT Multi Nitrotama Kimia menunjuk konsorsium PT Inti Karya Persada Tehnik, sebagai perusahaan yang melakukan konstruksi pabrik PT Multi Nitrotama Kimia kedua serta chemical dan fertilizer industry holding, sebagai konsultan enginering.

Direktur Komersial PT Multi Nitrotama Kimia, Alex Djajadisastra, mengatakan, dengan dioperasikannya pabrik PT Multi Nitrotama Kimia kedua, maka PT Multi Nitrotama Kimia memiliki dua pabrik yang berlokasi di Kawasan Industri Kujang Cikampek, di atas lahan seluas 5 hektare.

“Total kapasitas produksi dari dua pabrik amonium nitrat itu sebesar 140.000 metric ton per tahun,” kata Alex dalam siaran pers, yang diterima ANTARA, di Karawang, Senin.

Selain mengembangkan produksi dan jasanya, kata dia, PT Multi Nitrotama Kimia juga terus melakukan pengembangan sumber daya manusia untuk menghadapi tantangan dan persaingan usaha yang semakin ketat, dalam industri global.

PT Multi Nitrotama Kimia merupakan salah satu pemimpin pasar industri jasa pertambangan di Indonesia, terutama dalam produsen dan distribusi amoniun nitrat. Amonium nitrat itu sendiri ialah bahan baku utama yang digunakan dalam proses peledakan pertambangan.

Sementara itu, peresmian pabrik PT Multi Nitrotama Kimia itu sendiri dilakukan Menteri Perindustrian MS Hidayat, Kepala Badan Koordinasi Penanaman Modal (BKPM) Gita Wirjawan, dan Gubernur Jawa Barat Ahmad Heryawan.

Peresmian pabrik itu ditandai dengan menekan tombol sirine, penandatanganan prasasti, dan penandatanganan produk pertama pabrik PT Multi Nitrotama Kimia kedua.

JAKARTA. Menjaga agar pertumbuhan kinerjanya tetap stabil di masa mendatang, PT Ancora Indonesia Resources Tbk (OKAS) gencar mencari kontrak baru. Dengan demikian, kinerja OKAS tidak tergantung pada klien-klien tertentu.

Produsen amonium nitrat dan bahan peledak ini mengincar kontrak dari tiga sampai empat klien baru di 2012 nanti. “Nilai kontrak yang kami incar sekitar US$ 50 juta-US$ 100 juta,” kata Dharma H. Djojonegoro, Direktur Utama OKAS, dalam paparan publik di Jakarta, Senin (12/12).

Selama ini, OKAS masih bergantung pada klien-klien besar, seperti Freeport Indonesia dan Chevron Pacific Indonesia. Masalahnya, tahun ini kedua perusahaan tersebut terbelit masalah pelik.

Freeport misalnya, sudah tiga bulan terakhir dihantam aksi mogok dari para buruhnya. Alhasil perusahaan tambang ini harus menghentikan produksi untuk sementara. Otomatis, order amonium nitrat ke OKAS pun terhenti.

Kondisi ini jelas berdampak negatif pada kinerja keuangan OKAS. Di sembilan bulan pertama 2011, perseroan ini hanya bisa mencetak penjualan Rp 852,98 miliar.

Jumlah ini lebih kecil 19,89% dari penjualan di periode yang sama tahun sebelumnya, yakni sebesar Rp 1,06 triliun. Maklumlah, OKAS hanya mengandalkan order dari dua klien, yakni Indominco Mandiri dan Pama Persada Nusantara.

Akibat penurunan penjualan, OKAS membukukan rugi yang distribusikan pada pemilik induk sebesar Rp 5,97 miliar, turun dari laba Rp 13,21 miliar di tahun sebelumnya. “Target tahun ini boleh dikatakan kandas,” keluh Dharma. Karena itulah, perseroan ini berniat mencari klien baru.

Klien baru

Tahun ini, sudah ada beberapa klien baru yang berhasil digaet. Agustus lalu, OKAS memenangkan kontrak dari PT Adaro Indonesia Tbk (ADRO) untuk memasok amonium nitrat dan jasa pertambangan sebesar US$ 75 juta.

Selanjutnya, OKAS mendapat kontrak dari Asmin Koalindo Tuhup senilai US$ 25 juta. Kedua kontrak tersebut diperoleh melalui anak usaha OKAS, yakni PT Multi Nitrotama Kimia. Kontrak berlaku selama tiga tahun.

OKAS optimistis langkah diversifikasi klien ini bisa meningkatkan kembali kinerja perseroan. Tahun depan OKAS menargetkan penjualan bisa mencapai Rp 1,5 triliun, naik 36,4% dari target penjualan tahun ini, sebesar Rp 1,1 triliun.

OKAS juga mengincar EBITDA sebesar US$ 25 juta-US$ 35 juta. Target ini lebih tinggi 75% dari target realisasi EBITDA tahun ini sebesar US$ 15 juta-US$ 20 juta.

Perseroan ini juga akan menggenjot volume penjualan tahun depan. Manajemen OKAS juga menargetkan peningkatan kapasitas produksi dengan selesainya pembangunan pabrik MNK-2.

Dengan pabrik baru tersebut, perseroan ini mematok kapasitas produksi bakal naik hingga empat kali lipat menjadi 150.000 ton per tahun. Saat ini, OKAS baru bisa memproduksi amonium nitrat 37.000 metrik ton per tahun.

Reza Priyambada, Kepala Riset Indosurya Asset Management, menilai positif rencana bisnis OKAS tersebut. Namun ia menegaskan hal tersebut tidak akan berimbas pada pergerakan saham OKAS.

Pasalnya, saham OKAS kurang diminati pelaku pasar. Investor menganggap industri pendukung pertambangan yang digeluti OKAS kurang menarik. “Walau tahun depan OKAS bisa mencetak kinerja lebih baik, pergerakan saham tidak akan terlalu atraktif,” ujar Reza.

Sekadar catatan, OKAS juga sebenarnya berniat mengakuisisi tambang batubara untuk mengerek pendapatan. Tapi rencana ini tak juga terlaksana karena perseroan belum mendapat pendanaan.

KARAWANG – PT Multi Nitrotama Kimia (MNK) mengklaim telah menguasai 40 persen atau sekira 170 ribu ton per tahun pangsa pasar amonium nitrat nasional.

“Nanti 2012 permintaan amonium nitrat diperkirakan tembus 550 ribu ton dan itu menjadi alasan mengapa kami berekspansi dan rencananya kami akan terus ekspansi karena semua tambang pasti butuh amonium nitrat. Kami ingin mempertahankan tingkat penguasaan pangsa pasar di sekira 40-50 persen,” kata Direktur Utama PT MNK Dharma Djojonegoro di sela-sela acara peresmian pabrik PT Multi Nitrotama Kimia (MNK) kedua di Cikampek, Karawang, Jawa Barat, Senin (3/10/2011).

Pada tahun depan, kata dia, perusahaan menargetkan ingin membangun pabrik perakitan penyulut peledakan yakni detonator di Kalimantan Timur.

“Produsen untuk aksesoris seperti booster dan detonator di Indonesia sekarang nyaris belum ada. Ada tapi masih sedikit sekali,” paparnya.

Menurutnya, masih tingginya impor amonium nitrat disebabkan oleh adanya keringanan impor, mulai dari bebas Bea Masuk hingga pajak lainnya.

“Banyak keringanan impor diberikan dalam master list yang sebenarnya untuk capital goods karena memang selama ini 90 persen amonium nitrat diperoleh dari impor. Dengan adanya tambahan pabrik baru, kami harapkan pemerintah meninjau ulang kebijakan itu agar industri nasional lebih tumbuh,” tandas Dharma. (rfa) (Sandra Karina/Koran SI/wdi)