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]