Indonesia gives six firms green light to ship minerals

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng Leave a comment

Feb 20 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s trade ministry said it had approved permits for six companies to export processed mineral ore and refined metal, the first group of firms to be allowed to ship under a new mining law that took effect last month.

“As of today, there are six companies that have received acknowledgement from the trade ministry as processed mineral and refined metal registered exporters,” Bachrul Chairi, director general of foreign trade at the ministry, told reporters on Thursday.