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Indonesia bans mineral exports to move up value chain

by Scott Foster February 22, 2022February 24, 2022

Indonesia is taking control of its mineral resources, incentivizing investment in processing facilities and shifting the international balance of economic power. On January 1 this year, the Indonesian government imposed a one-month ban on the export of thermal coal to avoid a domestic shortage at a time of high and rising international energy prices. South […]

A rush hour traffic jam in a major thoroughfare of west Jakarta. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, World

Widodo wobbles on fuel price hike reversal

by John McBeth October 28, 2018February 18, 2020
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (C), accompanied by officials, switches on a tunnel boring machine for the Mass Rapid Transport system under construction in the capital city during a launch ceremony on September 21, 2015.  Jakarta's first mass rapid transport system is expected to be finished in 2018. Photo: AFP/Romeo Gacad
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, Middle East, World

Public trumps private in Widodo’s Indonesia

by John McBeth October 21, 2017February 18, 2020
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (second left) and China Railway Corp manager Sheng Guangzu (center) examine  a high-speed-train model during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Jakarta-Bandung railway line in Walini, West Java province, on January 21, 2016. Photo: Reuters / Garry Lotulung
Posted inAT Finance, China, Indonesia, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Indonesia high-speed train, backed by China, comes untracked

by John McBeth March 28, 2017February 18, 2020

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