"Speaking a day after the export ban went into effect without written guidelines, Finance Minister Chatib Basri said miners in Southeast Asian's largest economy can pay special taxes to be able to export copper, iron ore, manganese, lead, zinc and ilmenite for the next three years as long as they meet minimum purity levels".
He said that "the government will permit copper concentrate exports with a purity level of at least 15%, in addition to iron ore (62%), manganese (49%), lead (57%), zinc (52%), and ilmenite (56%)".
