"Businesses have to meet five requirements before they can export minerals," the minister said here on Friday.
The five requirements that have to be met by businesses are: they have to pay a 20 percent export duty, have a clear and clean certificate, pay up tax and non-tax obligations, submit a processing and refinery plan and sign an integrity pact.
According to the minister, the content of the integrity pact is an agreement where businesses will no longer export raw minerals after 2014 and will maintain the conditions of the environment.
"Companies will no longer have reasons after 2014 because they have been given enough time from now," he said.
The minister noted that the five point requirements will come into force as of May 6, 2012.
Wacik explained that up to now, 82 of the 400 mining firms had submitted their processing and refinery plans.
The minister also pointed out that for coal, the government will also issue a regulation on it in June 2012.
The 14 crude minerals are copper, gold, silver, tin, lead, chromium, platinum, bauxite, iron ore, iron sand, nickel, molybdenum, manganese, and antimony.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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