Indonesia plans six new special economic zones next year
The Indonesian government plans to add six new special economic zones (KEK) next year, which will bring the total number of KEK nationwide to 31. The acting secretary-general of the National Commission for Special Economic Zones said recently that the new KEKs will be announced by President Prabowo himself, so for the time being, it will not be disclosed...
Wistabay Park clarifies rumors of "smuggled nickel powder".
PT Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park (IWIP) responded to the suspected smuggling of nickel powder by Chinese nationals through IWIP's exclusive airport in North Maluku province.On Friday, December 5, a Chinese national was arrested at IWIP...
Indonesia's national construction projects drive local steel industry development
Indonesia's steel industry has seen significant growth this year, with demand climbing in a number of sectors, including national construction projects and ancillary industry activities such as nickel. The Director General of Metals Industry at the Ministry of Industry pointed out that steel is closely linked to other industries and that the government does not prohibit raw material...
Widabay Park accused of weighing and verifying minerals on its own
Weda Bay Industrial Park (PT IWIP) has been accused of violating mineral trading rules or causing the loss of national non-taxable revenues (PNBP) for allegedly weighing and verifying minerals on its own, rather than through a licensed inspection agency. Energy and Mining Legal Research ...
Chinese and Indonesian Government and Enterprises Gathered at Wanxinda Industrial Park for the 2045 Promise
On December 9, Indonesia's Central Java Industrial Zone, Batang National Special Economic Zone, Wanxinda Industrial Park was crowded with people. To "2045 to the light walk together - building gold Indonesia" as the theme of the industry event, kicked off here. At around 10 o'clock on that day, the industrial park...
Jakarta hosts business forum on Indonesia's special economic zones
The Indonesia SEZ Business Forum 2025 was recently held in Jakarta under the theme "Driving Inclusive and Sustainable Growth", with the aim to promote inclusive and sustainable growth through the government, park developers, investors and strategic partners...
Indonesian Bird's Nest Exporter Plans to List on the Stock Exchange
Bird's nest exporter PT Abadi Lestari Indonesia Tbk.(RLCO) will be listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI). Its initial public offering (IPO) was priced at Rp 168 per share, with 625 million shares issued, raising a total of 1...
Indonesia restricts imports of unlabeled screened Chinese goods
The Indonesian government says the move to clean up imported goods goes beyond cracking down on the second-hand clothing trade and will also target the influx of new goods into the domestic market. The Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises revealed that the government is preparing to restrict unlabeled, lack of proper regulation in...
AKRA sells another 20 hectares of land Chinese chemical company takes over
Indonesia's AKR Corporindo (AKRA), through its subsidiary PT Berkah Kawasan Manyar Sejahtera (BKMS), has sold to Sichuan Jinxiang Chemical, which is located in the Gresik Integrated Industrial and Port Special Economic Zone (JIIPE) in East Java, to...
Deli Stationery Invests $150 Million in Indonesia Plant
Stationery giant Deli built a factory in Karawang District, West Java Province, Indonesia, looking like a Chinese company has built a factory overseas, in fact, Chinese consumer brands in ASEAN to change the way to play - from the previous "made in China and shipped over to sell," into the "When...