Restriction on export of mining product continues

The Minister of Trade has promulgated Regulation No. 04/M-DAG/PER/1/2014 on 11 January 2014 which lists:

1. 186 refined and processed mining products which are restricted to be exported (Attachment I of the regulation), such as metallic minerals, non-metallic minerals and rocks (including silver, gold and copper which contain certain levels of certain mineral elements);
2. 10 processed mining products which are restricted to be exported (Attachment II of the regulation), such as iron and copper concentrates which contain certain levels of certain mineral elements; and
3. 201 mining products which are not allowed to be exported (Attachment III of the regulation). In general, the products which are prohibited to be exported are those which have not met the minimum standard of processing, have not been processed and/or purified, and/or are still in ore or raw material form, such as nickel ore and aluminum ore and their concentrates.