Indonesia Mulls Pushing Back Metal Concentrate Export Rules
- Government will keep ore shipment ban, Minister Said says
- Low prices a challenge for nation's processing goal, Said says
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Indonesia may relax rules on the export of metal concentrates following the collapse in metals prices, while keeping a ban on raw ore shipments, according to Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Sudirman Said.
The policy on concentrate shipments, due to be halted from 2017 to push mining companies to build smelters, should be examined to provide maximum value for the domestic economy, Said said in an interview. The government will soon discuss changes to the mining law with parliament, he said on Monday.