Indonesia Resumes Mineral Exports After Rare Earth Element Detection Issue Resolved

Published: Aug 08, 2026 17:03 (GMT+8)

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The Indonesian Presidential Office said on Friday that mineral exports that had been blocked due to rare earth element (REE) detection have resumed, with aluminum hydroxide and alumina cargoes loaded and shipped from West Kalimantan province. Presidential Chief of Staff Abdurachman Dudung said in a statement that the alumina products, produced by PT Indonesia Chemical Alumina, had previously been held up due to "divergent interpretations" of the policy on rare earth element content in metal exports.

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