Indonesia Scores Tentative Tin Win; Blueprint for more Commodities

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4 January 2014 13:14 WIB

A worker does final checks on refined tin in a warehouse of a private company in Pangkalpinang, Bangka Belitung. Indonesia's bold attempt to challenge the London Metal Exchange (LME) for supremacy in the global tin market by imposing strict export rules and driving up prices looks to be paying off. REUTERS/Dwi Sadmoko

3 Januari 2014 00:00 WIB

Illegal miners work in an open air pit tin mine on Bangka island. Indonesia hopes the new rules will also deter illegal tin mining and set a blueprint for other commodities where the country is the world's biggest exporter, such as palm oil, thermal coal and nickel ore, industry and government sources said. REUTERS/Michael Taylor

3 Januari 2014 00:00 WIB

A group of illegal tin miners process tin ore on Bangka island. Indonesia hopes the new rules will also deter illegal tin mining and set a blueprint for other commodities where the country is the world's biggest exporter, such as palm oil, thermal coal and nickel ore, industry and government sources said. REUTERS/Michael Taylor

3 Januari 2014 00:00 WIB

A group of illegal tin dredgers are operated by illegal miners on Bangka island. Indonesia's bold attempt to challenge the London Metal Exchange (LME) for supremacy in the global tin market by imposing strict export rules and driving up prices looks to be paying off. REUTERS/Michael Taylor

3 Januari 2014 00:00 WIB

An employee of PT Timah Tbk shows rounded tin shot in Pangkal Pinang, Bangka. Shipments from the world's biggest tin exporter slumped to below 1,000 tonnes in September from over 6,000 tonnes after Jakarta ruled at the end of August that all tin ingot shipments should trade via a local platform. REUTERS/Beawiharta

3 Januari 2014 00:00 WIB

3 Januari 2014 00:00 WIB