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        "id": 1858967,
        "msgid": "danantara-ceo-mineral-processing-industry-supports-national-strategic-needs-1784022797",
        "date": "2026-07-14 16:12:02",
        "title": "Danantara CEO: Mineral Processing Industry Supports National Strategic Needs",
        "author": "Gita Amanda",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Economy",
        "summary": "Danantara CEO Rosan Roeslani has called for Indonesia to become a sovereign player in the global supply chain, moving beyond raw material extraction. He emphasised that the nation's vast mineral wealth, including nickel, bauxite, and copper, must be leveraged to build a domestic advanced materials industry. A new agreement between several state-owned enterprises aims to optimise the supply of critical minerals for strategic sectors such as electric vehicles and defence.",
        "content": "<p>Danantara Indonesia CEO Rosan Roeslani has asserted that Indonesia\nmust become a sovereign player in the global supply chain. Speaking at\nthe Danantara Advanced Materials Industry Dialogue in Jakarta, he stated\nthe event aimed to strengthen synergy and collaboration among\nstakeholders in formulating an integrated and sustainable development\ndirection for advanced materials, aligned with the national development\nagenda. He noted that for too long, the added value of Indonesia\u2019s\nmineral wealth has been enjoyed by other nations. \u201cIt is time for\nIndonesia to move up the value chain in advanced materials. Indonesia is\nblessed with extraordinary mineral wealth, from nickel, bauxite, copper,\nand tin, to rare earth elements,\u201d Rosan said. He highlighted that these\nmaterials form the foundation of future technologies, such as electric\nvehicle batteries, semiconductors, defence systems, and medical devices.\nHowever, for decades, Indonesia has too often stopped at the extraction\nstage, exporting raw materials only to buy back finished products at\nmany times the price. During the event, a memorandum of understanding on\nthe development of advanced materials was signed between PT Mineral\nIndustri Indonesia (Persero), PT LEN Industri (Persero), PT Krakatau\nSteel (Persero) Tbk, and PT Perminas (Persero). Rosan explained that\nthis cooperation aims to optimise the supply-offtake of critical\nminerals and advanced materials for domestic strategic industrial needs,\naccelerate the realisation of a large-scale national advanced materials\nindustry through joint technology development, and drive\nhigh-value-added national economic growth through strategic industrial\nprogrammes. These programmes include, but are not limited to, national\nelectric cars and motorcycles, aerospace, maritime, basic components,\ndefence, and electricity. Danantara Indonesia Chief Technology Officer\nSigit P Santosa stated that the development of the mid-stream advanced\nmaterials industry must be viewed as part of the national industrial\ntransformation towards a technology-based economy, high-value-added\nmanufacturing, and mastery of the future supply chain. He argued that\nIndonesia must be able to capture regional demand opportunities, build\ntechnological capabilities, and compete in the global market to achieve\na sustainable economic scale. \u201cThe development of the advanced materials\nindustry needs to be directed in a more integrated manner as a\nfoundation to strengthen national industrial competitiveness,\u201d Sigit\nsaid. He assessed that Indonesia\u2019s strength lies not only in the\navailability of minerals but also in the ability to transform them into\nan advanced materials industrial ecosystem that supports batteries,\nclean energy, defence, transportation, and various future strategic\ntechnologies. Sigit noted that nickel remains an important advantage,\nbut the larger agenda is to build a broader, high-value-added, and\nglobally competitive industrial capacity.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/danantara-ceo-mineral-processing-industry-supports-national-strategic-needs-1784022797",
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