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Indonesia: Government Tells Small Miners to Partner with Smelters
Apr. 17, 2012 02:31PM PST
Base Metals Investing Mining Weekly reported an Indonesian government official has suggested small base metals miners team up with larger smelters to avoid a coming ban on raw exports including nickel in the island nation.
Mining Weekly reported an Indonesian government official has suggested small base metals miners team up with larger smelters to avoid a coming ban on raw exports including nickel in the island nation.
As quoted in the market news:
Indonesia plans to ban exports of some unprocessed metals from 2014 – including copper, gold, nickel and tin – in a move to push firms to invest in local smelting plants and to gain greater value from exports of finished metals.