Newest Provisions on the Processing, Refining and Export of Minerals

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources(“Ministry”)has issued Regulation No. 5 of 2017 on the Enhancement of the Added Value of Minerals Through Domestic Mineral Processing and Refinery Activities(“Regulation 5/2017”).Regulation 5/2017 serves to implement Articles 96, 112C, and 112F of Government Regulation No. 23 of 2010 on the Implementation of Mineral and Coal-Mining Activities, which has been amended several times, most recently by Government Regulation No. 1 of 2017 (“Fourth Amendment”). [1] In essence, these articles required further provisions relating to the following matters: [2]