Jokowi Bans Bauxite Exports Starting From June 2023
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Ricky Mohammad Nugraha
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Petir Garda Bhwana
Rabu, 21 Desember 2022 13:37 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has made a bombshell announcement as he will officially ban the export of bauxite ore that will take effect on June 2023. The government justifies this decision following the nickel export ban that had been imposed since January 2020.
“I repeat. Starting on June 2023,” the President said in a press conference at the State Palace on December 21.
Parallel to the export ban, the President assures that the government will push the domestic bauxite processing and refining industry as he understands such a ban will cause nickel ore exports to drop significantly.
“But that would only happen in the first year,” said the President who argues that the export of processed bauxite will eventually increase in the following years, as nickel has shown.
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