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November 15, 2005

Controversial Coal Export Tax

ARGUMENTS between Minister of Finance Jusuf Anwar and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Aburizal Bakrie, on coal export tax are increasingly heating up. Jusuf turned down the recommendation approved by Aburizal that the new tax would be imposed if coal price in international markets reaches US$50 per ton. Until the end of time, coal price will not reach US$50, said Jusuf in his office last Friday. Why not just ad

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