Indonesia
Every Magna Bureau story on indonesia: 6 articles, investigations and analysis in one place.
Last updated: October 2026
The Smelter Trap: Why Owning the Mine Is Not Enough
Copper smelter fees collapsed to historic lows. Western miners ship raw ore east because domestic smelters cannot afford to run.
NewsA drought in Sulawesi shakes the world's nickel machine
Water shortages forced smelters at Indonesia's giant Morowali nickel park to cut stainless-steel feedstock output, rattling prices.
NewsThe High Seas Treaty hits 100 ratifications — Magna Bureau
Germany, Canada, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Zimbabwe, Brunei and Samoa pushed the BBNJ treaty past 100 parties at the UN General Assembly — and set up a Janua
News'A miracle crop': Prabowo bets — Magna Bureau
The president called oil palm a 'miracle crop' as Indonesia locks in the world's first B50 biodiesel mandate, ends diesel imports, and moves to monopolize palm exports under the state. Fifty-seven pro
NewsRare-earth checks clog Indonesia's — Magna Bureau
About 120 surveyor reports are still pending under September's mandatory rare-earth content checks, the smelter group FINI says. Jakarta's anti-corruption assay is holding up nickel, bauxite and tin s
NewsThe smelter runs dry: 570 workers… — Magna Bureau
El Niño has starved a Sulawesi smelter of hydropower, idling its furnaces. BMS is sending workers home on $84 a month — a parable of the nickel boom's fragility.