Hatta Rajasa admitted to being quite occupied following the implementation of an important clause in Law No. 4/2009 on Minerals and Mining. The ban on the export of mineral ores as of January 12 has made the coordinating ministry of the economy the target of intensive lobbying by giant multinational mining companies.

Hatta cited two particular companies lobbying for dispensation: Freeport Indonesia and Newmont Nusa Tenggara. They asked to be give