Building Indonesia smelter doesn’t make sense – Newmont CEO

Newmont Mining Corp. said constructing a smelter in Indonesia, a measure being pushed by the country as it tries to eliminate the export of unrefined metal, doesn’t make economic sense.

“Because of the supply of smelting capacity in places like China, the economics of running a smelter just aren’t there,” Chief Executive Officer Gary Goldberg said yesterday.

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