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PLN predicts its coal consumption to fall 20 pct

State electricity firm PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) has predicted its 2012 coal consumption will decline 20 ...

Govt to build solar cell company in West Java

The Ministry of State Owned Enterprises plans to build a solar cell company in Karawang, West Java, in response to the ...

Martabe gold mine ready to start production

PT Agincourt Resources Indonesia plans to start production at the Martabe gold and silver mine in Batang Toru in the ...

President names statistics chief deputy agriculture minister

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono named chief of the National Statistics Agency, Rusman Heriawan, deputy minister of ...

Malaysia released four Belawan fishermen

The Medan chapter of the All Indonesia Fishermen`s Association confirmed that four fishermen from Belawan caught by ...

Lake Jatiluhur fishes die of oxygen shortage : official

The mass fish deaths in Lake Jatiluhur, Purwakarta district, West Java, over the past several days was due to ...

news focus: govt to rehabilitate critically degraded lakes

Hundreds of lakes or reservoirs which are vital to human life in Indonesia are now in bad or even critical condition ...

Govt to increase pearl production to seven mln tons annually

Having the potential to produce up to 20 million tons of south sea pearl (SSP) a year, Indonesia intends to increase ...

Land expansion needed to achieve food production target: minister

Agriculture Minister Suswono said that Indonesia needed the support of more land to achieve its target of 10 million ...

ASEAN plus three to intensify food security cooperation

Rice is an important factor in achieving food security in the Southeast Asian region as around two-thirds of world ...

New decree to tighten rattan export restrictions

The government is continuing to tighten its raw rattan export restrictions so as to guarantee the availability of ...

Nestle to invest $200 mln in Indonesia

Nutrition, health and wellness company Nestle SA plans to build a cocoa processing plant in Indonesia at a cost of ...

VP Boediono opens AMAF meeting

Vice President Boediono opened the 33rd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Agricultural and Forestry (AMAF), the 11th ...

RI govt targets 5-pct growth in annual rice production

The government is targeting an annual five percent growth in rice production to achieve a surplus of 10 million tons ...

Pusri guarantees sufficient supply of subsidized fertilizer in Bengkulu

Fertilizer company PT Pusri guarantees sufficient supply of subsidized fertilizer for farmers in Bengkulu province, a ...