Indonesia’s new president says he will sit down with miners

(Reuters) – Indonesia’s new president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said he wants to sit down with mining companies and other parties in a bid to resolve a row over mining policies that has halted $500 million of metal exports a month in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy.

The comment by the former Jakarta governor, who has a reputation for tackling entrenched interests, appeared to be a positive sign after an increasingly bitter dispute between the mining sector and the outgoing government.

Read more at:  http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/22/us-indonesia-election-jokowi-mining-idUSKBN0FR1YN20140722

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