An investor-focused environment is needed before Indonesia can make the most out of its natural resources.A few weeks ago, I attended a panel discussion about the development of mining in emerging economies. The keynote speaker was a director of a major Brazilian mining company.

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The government's policy of limiting coal exports to about 150 million tons a year will last until 2025 in order to meet the surging demand from domestic buyers, a senior official at the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry says.

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The world is undergoing an unprecedented mining boom powered, by the explosive growth of the Chinese and Indian economies. In 2005 the highly regarded Fraser Institute Annual Mining Survey ranked Indonesia as, overall, the most prospective country in world.

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