Govt blames smuggling on fall in tin production

The Jakarta Globe.com reports that the Indonesian government is blaming smuggling for missing their tin production target.

The story is quoted as saying:

The ministry’s director general for minerals and coal, Bambang Setiawan, said that logically, with the current soaring global tin price, the country’s production should have at least reached or even surpassed the target.

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