Aluminum News

We strive to let you one step ahead of the market.

Indonesia plans export ban on bauxite in 2022

13 Jan 2022 15:47 reported by Joy Liu

  • A
  • A
  • A

Indonesian President Joko Widodo said that the government will launch a ban on bauxite exports this year in order to stimulate the domestic downstream industry. sector, the country’s President Joko Widodo has said. This ban was initially scheduled to be implemented in mid-2023.

Besides, the Indonesian government will also impose an export ban on raw copper in 2023, in line with the energy ministry’s decree.

In terms of coal, the government will ease the ban on coal exports as the domestic inventories have increased, said the Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan on January 10.