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Policy maker behind Indonesia's 25-percent mining tax dies while mountain climbing

Michael Allan McCrae | April 21, 2012 | 8:01 pm Asia Australia Europe 

Widjajono Partowidagdo, the key policy maker behind a drive to impose a 25% tax on Indonesia's mining exports, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday. Deputy Energy and Minerals Minister Widjajono Partowidagdo died of a suspected heart attack while climbing 2,815-meter-high Mount Tambora in Indonesia. He...

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