Port infrastructure deficiencies must be quickly addressed before cabotage, a revision to cargo shipping procedures, is implemented.Congestion continues to mar Tanjung Priok Port, Indonesia's largest international trade port, in northeast Jakarta. More ...
The extent to which Indonesia is going to be affected by a U.S.-led global economic downturn remains uncertain and difficult to forecast, a discussion among top economists showed in Jakarta on Tuesday. More ...
Despite unresolved permit problems, PT Dairi Prima Mineral, a local unit of Australian-based zinc and lead producer Herald Resources, said Tuesday it planned to spend US$180 million for initial exploration activities at its North Sumatra mine. More ...
Rendi Akhmad Witular and Ika Krismantari, The Jakarta Post, JakartaPresident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday instructed state oil and gas company Pertamina to prepare to take over the development of the gas-rich Natuna block from U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil Corp. More ...
The rigidity of the 2003 Labor Act, particularly its severance provisions, has forced entrepreneurs to use outsourcing, a panelist told a seminar on Tuesday. More ...