Feb 20, 2026 | Commodities, Market
A geothermal specialist company from the United States, Ormat Technologies through its subsidiary PT Ormat Geothermal Indonesia has been awarded the Telaga Ranu Geothermal Working Area (WKP) in West Halmahera Regency, North Maluku, following a competitive tender...
Feb 20, 2026 | Industries, Market
Shares of PT Steel Pipe Indonesia/Spindo Tbk (ISSP) advanced 4.42% Thursday (Feb 19) to follow 7.33% gain earlier on Wednesday as investors responded positively the company’s stable financial performance last year. Spindo recorded net profit of Rp534 billion, inched...
Feb 19, 2026 | Commodities, Market
President Prabowo Subianto regularly talked about protecting Indonesian natural resources and preventing ‘leakages’. Yet, when it comes to Grasberg, the world’s largest gold and copper mine, his government has just signed a memorandum of understanding regarding aa...
Feb 19, 2026 | Law, Market
The palm oil export corruption case was supposed to be about illegal permits, corporate misconduct and state losses during the 2022 cooking oil crisis. Instead, it has evolved into something far more alarming: a trial of Indonesia’s judiciary itself. The latest...
Feb 19, 2026 | Law, Market
The National Narcotics Agency’s (BNN) proposal to ban electronic cigarettes may sound like a public-health intervention. But behind the moral and medical arguments lies a deeper political-economy contest—one that could reshape Indonesia’s tobacco, retail, and tax...
Feb 19, 2026 | Law, Politics
The House of Representatives (DPR) have publicly pressured the Constitutional Court’s Ethics Council (MKMK) not to process a complaint related to the appointment of Constitutional Court justice Adies Kadir. Their argument is simple: the MKMK has no authority to...
Feb 19, 2026 | Market, Politics
President Prabowo Subianto is scheduled to meet with his counterpart in Washington on Thursday 19, local time. In addition to advancing economic cooperation with the United States–including the signing of a Reciprocal Trade Agreement–the president will also attend the...
Feb 18, 2026 | Market, Politics
Recently, Indonesian social media has been abuzz with discussions about the implementation of President Prabowo’s free ‘nutritious’ meal (MBG) by the Indonesian National Police (Polri), which has established more than 400 operational SPPG (central kitchen) units...
Feb 18, 2026 | Commodities, Market
Palm oil and derivatives enjoyed nearly 28% growth in export to US$34.36 billion last year thanks to higher volume and average price of both crude palm oil (CPO) and palm kernel oil (PKO). How about this year? While CPO’s average price (MDEX/Malaysian Derivatives...
