ILLEGAL MINING ACEH

HISTORY OF MINE IN ACEH

Historically, mining in Aceh recorded since 1862 in the Dutch colonial period. His case occurs when freeing Deli of Aceh only for control of the oil in Telaga Said, Pangkalan Brandan. In 1873, Aceh start a war with the Netherlands to compete for control of the oil. The story of this mine continues with the discovery of gas resources in North Aceh in 1971 which continued until 1973 when the start of the exploitation contract Arun (Source: Wikipedia) People Mining sebanarnya already occurred semanjak ancient times for the people of Aceh, namely gold mining in menduling.

NUMBER OF ILLEGAL MINE IN ACEH

According to the results of monitoring media and the results of the field survey, there are 4 places / districts that do mining Illegal (traditional mining) with the districts Pidie, (Tangse and gempang), the district of Aceh Jaya (Gunong ujeun located in the village Panggong (Genie), Gabuh, Bunta, Ranto Long, Lingkang, Kulam Beude, Mount Kruet, and Keude Krueng Sabe), southern Aceh district (sawang, marsh Ateuk, and Manggamat) and western Aceh (river MAS)

In every district, there are more than 100 points glondongan / gold processing. The illegal mining on its common situated in the protected areas.

CAUSES OF ILLEGAL MINING

- Unemployment (employment increasingly narrow in Aceh)

- HR community is still low.

- The high demand for gold and high gold prices

- The absence of strict regulations against illegal mining, especially IUP and IUPR

- Petapan artisanal mining area

- Easy to get mercury to process gold

- Usually ex-combatants who do mining.