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View all search resultsPublicly listed cement manufacturer PT Semen Indonesia (SI) said the company had fulfilled all of its operational requirements at its controversial cement factory in Rembang, Central Java, since last March despite a series of protests by locals over environmental issues.
Publicly listed state-cement producer PT Semen Indonesia (SI) booked Rp 2.01 trillion (US$144 million) in net profit last year, a 55 percent drop from the previous year, due to rising coal prices and an oversupply in the past three years.
A new chapter of disputes between Kendeng farmer Joko Prianto and publicly listed cement manufacturer PT Semen Indonesia (PT SI) has opened as the Central Java Police are set to hand over Joko’s case dossier to the local prosecutor’s office.
Indonesian heroine Raden Ajeng Kartini, popularly known as Kartini, has become an icon of the women’s emancipation movement in the country. A Javanese woman, whose progressive ideas were beyond her time, Kartini, who lived more than a century ago, has inspired generations of women to reach beyond the demands of society.
Around 25 activists from the rights movement, Jogja Solidarity Against Cement Factory, staged a rally on Tuesday to protest the visit of Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo to the University of Gadjah Mada (UGM) campus in Yogyakarta.
State-owned cement manufacturer PT Semen Indonesia has appointed former Jakarta governor and State Intelligence Agency (BIN) director Sutiyoso its president commissioner amid heightened public protest against the establishment of the company's new factory in Rembang, Central Java.
To show their solidarity with Kendeng farmers from Pati, Central Java, who are fighting against the construction of a cement factory in their area, dozens of students under the banner of the Indonesian Islamic Students Movement (PMII) Makassar staged a rally on Thursday, during which they cemented their feet into blocks.
A Supreme Court ruling on the construction of a cement factory in the Kendeng Mountain area in Rembang, Central Java, must be respected by all relevant parties as it is valid and legally binding, says a People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) deputy speaker.
Peace activists from Semarang, Central Java, held on Thursday a joint prayer and a candlelight vigil to remember Patmi, 48, a farmer from Kendeng, Rembang, who passed away on Tuesday. Patmi died of a heart attack after she attended a rally in front of the State Palace, Jakarta, to protest the construction of state cement maker Semen Indonesia’s factory in the regency.
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