Forest Rangers Block KPC's Coal Delivery - An ongoing conflict between PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) and the East Kutai administration has reached new levels, with a team of forest rangers now turning back coal trucks from disputed parts of the company's mining areas.

The team was assembled from rangers of the Forestry Ministry and East Kutai regency.

Interim East Kutai Regent Irsan Noor recently ordered KPC and PT Perkasa Inakakerta to halt operations in some of their mining concessions in East Kutai, claiming the two had violated the Forestry Law by operating in a forest area without a proper license.