** The unit of Freeport McMoRan for the time being is shipping part of its production to its smelter in East Java, Pratama said.

** He declined to disclose the new export quota it proposed to the government.

** Indonesia forecast copper concentrate exports to drop to 200,000 tonnes in 2019 from about 1.2 million tonnes last year.

(Reporting by Wilda Asmarini; writing by Fransiska Nangoy; editing by Christian Schmollinger)