Indonesia to ban exports of 14 raw metals from 2014
Indonesia will ban exports of 14 raw metals from 2014 and will ask all miners to submit plans to build smelters to add value to the country's mineral sector, mining minister Jero Wacik said on Thursday.
Indonesia has granted mineral export permits to 55 companies after it introduced a 20 percent tax to curb shipments of unprocessed minerals in May this year, according to media sources.