Indonesia Readies Ban on Unprocessed Metal-Ore Shipments
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Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy, will proceed with a plan to ban exports of unprocessed metal ores including bauxite from next month, while confirming an exemption for producers that intend to treat output locally.
“If miners don’t have the business plan they will be prohibited from exporting ores,” Thamrin Sihite, director general of minerals and coal at the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, told reporters in Jakarta. The ministry has received proposals from 17 companies to build processing plants, allowing them to continue ore shipments subject to a new tax, he said.