Politics
Dissecting the pulse of the nation’s politics, where power plays and policies collide in a fight for the future.
Local workers lose out to Chinese workers
As a result of establishing the nickel-related industrial park in Morowali, Central Sulawesi, by an Indonesia-China joint venture in 2013 and multiple other Chinese investments, hundreds of thousands of Chinese workers have entered Indonesia in a massive influx, sparking controversy among Indonesians.
Timah: Indonesian tin's company expanding from Bangka to Africa
Indonesia views Tanzania as one of its priority partners. In January 2020, publicly listed company specializing in tin mining business, PT Timah Tbk, said it was ready to support the Tanzanian State Mining Corporation (Stamico) in the exploration of 15 mining perimeters.