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Indonesia Climbs Down on Ore Ban

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Albert
Jan 13, 2014
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Although an attempt by the Indonesian government to ban unsmelted mineral exports has ended in an embarrassing climb-down at the 11th hour, it isn’t going to go away. A requirement that ores be smelted domestically has been put off until 2017, by which time a new government will have succeeded that of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

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