Major private fuel retailers face supply shortages after rejecting an offer to purchase base fuel from state-owned energy giant Pertamina over its ethanol content.

State energy firm Pertamina will divert fuel to supply some areas on Sumatra following a fire at its Dumai refinery, a company official said on Thursday, adding there were no supply disruptions.

The US government has offered to buy equity in Australian critical minerals companies as part of a funding package to expand its supply and cut its reliance on China, executives recently returned from Washington said.

The newly installed finance minister has taken the state-owned energy giant to task for failing to develop any new refineries in the seven years since it pledged to build seven such facilities, burdening the state budget and dragging the government's energy independence efforts.

Amid limited output and dwindling reserves, the state-owned gold miner is still importing the precious metal as demand surges and it develops its minting plant in Gresik.

Indonesia's major copper producers are in talks with the government over export permits, as officials work to balance downstream ambitions with the practical challenges of smelter operations.

The US-based airplane manufacturer had previously been granted authority for the certificates, but the FAA removed the power following deadly crashes as well as production and safety problems involving Boeing jets.

The company has outlined a phased restart strategy for the mine, with full recovery to pre-incident operating rates targeted for 2027.

Prudential's CEO of Health, Arjan Toor, and Prudential Indonesia’s Chief Health Officer, Yosie William Iroth, spoke with The Jakarta Post’s Ni Made Tasyarani about how the insurer is navigating challenges while seeking to tap into growth opportunities in Indonesia.

Following the recovery of two bodies on Saturday, Freeport Indonesia's rescue teams are continuing the difficult search for the five workers still trapped nearly two weeks since a devastating landslide collapsed an underground mine on Sept. 8 in Grasberg, Central Papua.

Freeport Indonesia said negotiations on the government's planned acquisition of additional company shares are ongoing.

With a digital penetration rate of approximately 80 percent in Southeast Asia, countries in the region have prioritized digital transformation when it comes to national development. The ASEAN region is a potential market for digital payment innovation, in particular the increase use of the QR (Quick Response) payments since it was first introduced in each country.

Two new tunnels were successfully dug to the initial target location within 30 hours, but the workers were not found there.

The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) has stated that a variant of instant noodle brand Indomie flagged by Taiwanese authorities is safe for consumption, according to Indonesian standards.

As part of its long-term diversification strategy, United Tractors has moved to purchase the under-construction Doup project by acquiring a 100 percent stake in gold miner PT Arafura Surya Alam.

Managed by the country's central bank Norges Bank and fueled by its vast energy revenues, the fund is the world's biggest, with a value of nearly $2 trillion and investments in more than 8,600 companies across the globe.

The proposed plan to merge Pertamina's Pelita Air and national carrier Garuda Indonesia is part of a broader strategy to restructure SOEs and improve their competititveness toward eventual consolidation under Danantara, while strengthening the aviation industry.

Taiwan’s Center for Food Safety (CFS) is reviewing all related product lines to determine whether other Indomie variants have been affected.

A battery plant co-owned by Hyundai Motor is facing a minimum start-up delay of two to three months following an immigration raid last week, Hyundai CEO Jose Munoz said on Thursday.

The pilot project is designed to produce up to 100 kilograms of green hydrogen per day and is expected to begin operations next year.

PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) is striving to evacuate seven workers trapped underground after a landslide struck the Grasberg Block Cave mine in Mimika, Central Papua, late on Monday.

PT Gag Nikel, a subsidiary of state-owned mining firm PT Aneka Tambang (Antam), has resumed operations in the Raja Ampat archipelago, Southwest Papua, after a temporary halt due to concerns over environmental damage.  

The incident occurred late on Monday at one of five production blocks in the Grasberg Block Cave underground mine in Central Papua.

President Donald Trump on Sunday warned foreign companies to obey US law after some 300 allegedly illegal South Korean workers were arrested at a Hyundai-LG battery plant being built in the southern state of Georgia.

More than 300 South Koreans were among 475 people arrested by US immigration officials in a raid on a Hyundai-LG battery plant being built in the southern US state of Georgia, the foreign minister in Seoul said on Saturday. One Indonesian is reportedly among those detained.

Up to 450 workers at a Hyundai Motor facility under construction in Georgia have been detained in a major raid by US authorities that has led to a pause in the project to build a car battery factory.  

The energy minister said private fuel retailers seeking additional import quotas should instead tap existing national reserves by striking B2B deals with state-owned Pertamina.