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West Sulawesi to have fish breeding center

Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Fadel Muhammad has said he was ready to build a fish breeding center in West ...

PT Indocement gets "Indonesia Green Awards 2011"

Indonesian Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan has rewarded "Indonesia Green Awards 2011" to PT Indocement Tunggal ...

Vietnamese tanker detained over rice smuggling attempt

The skipper and 24 crew of MV Golden Falcon, a tanker from Vietnam, are being detained here in connection with a rice ...

PT Semen Gresik to acquire coal mine

Cement producer PT Semen Gresik Tbk. (SMGR) is conducting a feasibility study with regard to its plan to acquire a ...

W Sulawesi governor promises to build cacao fertilizer plant

West Sulawesi Governor Anwar Adnan Saleh (AAS) promised the farmers in his area to build a cacao fertilizer plant not ...

Govt prepares programs to improve fishermen`s welfare

Indonesia has the world`s second longest coastlines after Canada, and therefore it is not surprising if around 60 ...

Rubber price in 2012 predicted to remain high

The world natural rubber price which in 2011 averaged US$4 per kg is predicted to remain high within a range of ...

Rice fields need better infrastructures

Indonesia needs to develop its dams and irrigation to overcome desolation during droughts so that the country`s 7.5 ...

Trade war eroding oil palm industry`s prospects : Sinar Mas

The existence of a trade war is slowly eroding the developmental prospects of the oil palm industry in Indonesia, the ...

Cocoa bean export tax for october reaches 10 pct

The Trade Ministry has set the rate of export tax on cocoa beans for October 2011 shipment at 10 percent and export ...

RI govt to speed up paddy planting amid drought

In spite of the drought, the government is ready to begin paddy planting this month, in an effort to cover this year`s ...

Bulog expected to conduct market operations in various regions

Due to a long drought that caused crop failures, State Logistics Agency (Bulog) is expected to conduct rice ...

Bali to allocate 200 tons of rice to anticipate drought

The Bali provincial administration plans to allocate 200 tons of rice to anticipate a food shortage as a result of ...

Freeport will not pay striking workers: CEO

PT Freeport Indonesia management has decided not to pay its workers on strike since September 15, the company`s ...

PT Freeport workers on month-long strike over wage rise

Thousands of PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) workers left the mining site of Tembagapura for Timika, Mimika District, ...