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Indonesia Sees China as Ally as It Weighs Bans on Exporting Minerals

Operations At Freeport-McMoRan Inc.'s Grasberg Gold And Copper Mine
Photographer: Dadang Tri/Bloomberg

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Indonesia, which is weighing an early ban on exports of bauxite and copper concentrates, is betting on Chinese companies to add to the billions of dollars of investment in building smelters and processing plants.