The Jakarta Globe quotes Anton Berlin, head of marketing for Norilsk, saying if prices rise above $20,000 a tonne on the back of Indonesia’s proposed ban on the export of ore, many idled mines can re-open.

Dirjen Mineral dan Batu Bara Kementerian ESDM, Thamrin Sihite mengatakan peraturan bea keluar (BK) bijih tambang mineral akan terbit sebelum 6 Mei 2012.

Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy, will proceed with a plan to ban exports of unprocessed metal ores including bauxite from next month.

BEIJING – An explosion at a coal mine in central China killed 26 miners who were working despite an order to halt production, officials said Wednesday, while a mine tunnel collapse elsewhere

Sherritt International Corp (Toronto-based diversified int’l mining co.) will acquire a controlling stake in the Sulawesi nickel project in Indonesia from Rio Tinto Ltd. (RIO) for an undisclosed amount.