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AMAN and AIPNEE vs. Glencore International

Harms associated with the Elang copper and gold mine expansion in Indonesia against the Indigenous Cek Bocek community

Date filed
22 June 2026
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On 22 June 2026, Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN) Sumbawa and Asia Indigenous Peoples Network on Extractive Industries and Energy (AIPNEE) filed complaints against 14 companies to six NCPs over the planned expansion of the Elang copper and gold mine in Indonesia. The NCPs and companies are:

  1. NCP Australia: Australian Winders Pty. Ltd, Macmahon Holdings Ltd, R. Moore & Sons, and Bureau Veritas Minerals Pty. Ltd
  2. NCP Belgium: Bachelet Laboratories
  3. NCP Korea: LS Metals & Materials Inc.
  4. NCP Switzerland: Glencore International AG, Hartree Metals Sárl, Kuehne + Nagel International AG, and UBS Group AG
  5. NCP United Kingdom: Anglo American Marketing Ltd, Alfred H Knight International Ltd, and Blackrock Advisors Ltd
  6. NCP United States: Thermo Fisher Scientific

According to the complainants, Indonesia’s PT Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara (PT AMNT) “is advancing the Elang Project, an open-pit copper and gold mine expansion planned for the Elang Dodo Forest, the 28,975-hectare ancestral territory of the Indigenous Cek Bocek community. The Elang Dodo Forest is home to over 1,500 ancestral graves, four sacred tributaries, and serves as the site of the community’s annual Jango Kubir ritual. The forest also sustains the community’s economy through sugar palm production, hunting, gathering, and river fishing.

The Elang Project is advancing without the Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) of the Cek Bocek community, despite the community having continuously inhabited and governed this territory for centuries – with recorded presence dating to 1492. PT AMNT has remained unresponsive to repeated requests for dialogue, human rights assessments, and information disclosure from the community.”

The mine has a long history of conflict and community action to address harms linked to the Project.

The complainants are calling on the companies to:

  1. “Acknowledge their direct link to the harms inflicted on the Cek Bocek community through their business relationships with PT AMNT;
  2. Engage with the affected community and their representatives to ascertain and address their concerns, beginning with efforts to obtain FPIC in line with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP);
  3. Condition future purchases from PT AMNT on independent verification that FPIC has been obtained from the Cek Bocek community;
  4. Vote against management in shareholder meetings and demand transparency on the land conflict until the grievance is resolved (applicable to investors of the PT AMNT – UBS FM and UBS AM);
  5. Consider responsible disengagement, including temporary suspension of their business relationships with PT AMNT, while pursuing leverage-based mitigation.”

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