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Challenges and Opportunities for the Steel Industry in 2013

-19th CRU World Steel ConferenceHong Kong, 4-6 March 2013     "Steel prices have de-coupled from ...

Celanes to build ethanol factory in Indonesia

US investor Celanes Corporation would carry out its plan to build an ethanol factory in Indonesia toward the end of ...

Batam coastal areas to be developed into coconut plantation

The government plans to develop Batam municipality`s coastal areas into a coconut and cassava production center to ...

Price of CPO in S. Sumatra up

The price of crude palm oil (CPO) in South Sumatra on Monday reached Rp8,043 per kg, while two weeks earlier it stood ...

RI, Saudi Arabia agree to raise trade to US$10 bln

Indonesia and Saudi Arabia have agreed to increase their trade to US$10 billion in the next two years from the current ...

Buffer stock for raw rattan needed

A buffer stock, such as the state logistics board (Bulog) which collects rice, is needed to accommodate farmers` raw ...

Bali imports 11.60 million us dollars worth commodities

Bali imported different kinds of commodities worth 11.60 million US dollars in January 2012, an increase of 19.01 pct ...

RI sees another trade deficit with China

Indonesia recorded another deficit in its trade with China during the first two months of this year, as the two ...

Govt to launch market operations to curb inflation

The government will launch market operations to contain inflationary pressure following the delayed rise in the prices ...

MK to conduct judicial review of fuel policy article

The Constitutional Court (MK) will process the demand for a judicial review on Article 7 Paragraph 6a of the law on ...

Exports, imports up in February: BPS

Indonesia`s exports were up by 0.49 percent to US$15.65 billion in February, compared to US$14.57 billion in January, ...

March inflation recorded at 0.07 percent, BPS

The National Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded an inflation rate of only 0.07 percent in March due to a drop in the ...

Exports worth 31.22 billion dollars

Indonesia`s exports in the January-February 2012 period reached a total of 31.22 billion US dollars, up by 7.56 pct ...

Minister denies increase in food prices

Chief Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa has denied that food commodity prices are increasing in the run-up to the fuel ...

Govt bows to demands for delayed power tariff hike

The Indonesian government has bowed to the demands for the delay of the electricity tariff hike despite worries that ...