Dirjen Minerbapabum ESDM, Simon Sembiring, mengatakan, produksi timah pada 2009 akan dibatasi sekitar 90 ribu sampai 100 ribu ton per tahun.
Director General of Mineral, Coal and Geothermal Energy at the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry Simon Sembiring said recently the government planned to slash the country's tin production by 90,000-100,000 tons per year starting next year.