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Indonesian President Prabowo recently traveled to Bangka Belitung Islands to inspect a refinery and symbolically hand over six smelters seized by the Attorney General's Office to PT Timah. The smelters are worth about 70,000...

Indonesia's financial markets have been mixed recently, with the stock market rising but the rupiah under pressure and 10-year bond yields falling, as investors focus on recent foreign exchange reserve data from the central bank and economic data from around the world.On June 6, Indonesia's composite stock price index (IHSG...

On October 6, President Prabowo went to Bangka Island to witness a crucial scene: the prosecution handed over six tin smelters, about 680 tons of tin ingots, and 108 pieces of heavy machinery seized to the state-owned enterprise PT Timah for trusteeship. During the same period, a large number of illegal mines were shut down, the sea...

South Korea's POSCO Steel (POSCO) and China's Qingshan Holding Group recently signed an agreement to cooperate in the construction of a stainless steel plant with an annual production capacity of 2 million tons in Morowali Industrial Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia. The total investment of the project exceeds 70.83 million U.S. dollars, POS...

Indonesia's Deputy Minister of Agriculture recently met with the visiting Chinese Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in Jakarta, the two sides reached four consensus on agricultural cooperation: the two sides will strengthen cooperation in rice research, focusing on the development of saline-tolerant rice varieties, to enhance Indonesia along...

BPI Danantara, Indonesia's investment management agency, has announced the advancement of a waste-to-energy project with an estimated investment of 2 to 3 trillion rupiah to process 1,000 tons of waste per day. The project is jointly implemented by local governments, ministries and companies, with technology partners for domestic...

The Finance Minister recently emphasized that he will maintain the survival of the local tobacco industry, while referring to the issue of Chinese cigarette imports. Data from the Central Statistical Agency (BPS) shows that in July 2021 - 2025, Indonesia imported tobacco and cigarettes (HS code 24 two) from China...

190 mining companies suddenly put on the brakes, the nickel mining association directly support the official, even the president named to clear the illegal mines. Indonesia's mining industry wants to make money, now you have to go through compliance first. The inflection point is really coming, on September 18th day, Indonesia's Energy and Minerals Ministry of Mining...

The Ministry of Energy and Mines has recently suspended the operations of 190 mining companies (including 39 nickel companies) for failing to fulfill their reclamation bond obligations (in violation of Government Regulation No. 78 of 2010). The Secretary General of the Indonesian Nickel Mining Association (APNI) recently stated...

China's pear exports grew 18.26% year-on-year in the first half of 2025, with a phased decline in the Indonesian market due to policy impacts. Indonesia delayed the approval of the registration of testing laboratories until August, while only recognizing pesticide residue test reports for specific time periods, the Ministry of...