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Míníonn an tArd-Stiúrthóir Gníomhach Mianraí agus Gual go hoscailte 'go socraíonn an rialtas an HPM faoi bhun an phraghais idirnáisiúnta chun barainneachtaí scála na mbruithneoirí a mhéadú,' agus 'is é an HPM is ísle, is ea is ea is ea is ea is mó barainní. Socróidh muid an HPM i gcónaí faoi bhun phraghas an mhargaidh idirnáisiúnta.’ Thug Stiúrthóir an Chothaithe Mianraí agus Fiontair, Yunus Saefulhak, léiriú ar shocrú HPM faoi bhun phraghas an mhargaidh idirnáisiúnta.
The Acting Director General of Mineral and Coal openly explains that ‘the government set the HPM below international price to increase the economies of scale of smelters,’ and that ‘the lower the HPM is, the more economical the smelters are. We always set the HPM below international market price.’ The Director of Mineral Fostering and Enterprise, Yunus Saefulhak, gave an illustration of the HPM setting below international price.