In addition to a 30-year concession right, the government will also award a competitive pricing scheme as an incentive to lure investors in a US$1.5 billion, 185 km-coal railway project in Central Kalimantan.

The country’s crude palm oil producers have called on the government to defend their interests against the European Union over a draft directive on renewable energy and fuel quality that they said would be detrimental to them.

The Business Competition Supervisory Commission says an upcoming Ministry of Health regulation on drug registration procedures and the establishment of production facilities will not have a negative impact on competition in the industry, a senior official from the state antitrust watchdog said.