Trade Deficit Worsened in July

Trade Deficit Worsened in July

JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Indonesia booked trade deficit of US$2.31 billion in July 2013, expanded from US$846.6 million in June. Indonesia’s export reached US$15.11 billion in July, while import amounted to US$17.4 billion. As a result, January-July 2013...
Index Falls 1.5% on High Inflation

Index Falls 1.5% on High Inflation

JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Composite index of Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) dropped 1.3% to 4140 this morning as investors worried about high inflation rate. Opened higher, the index moved volatile in the morning session until the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS)...
Tiaro Acquires Anggana Coal in Kalimantan

Tiaro Acquires Anggana Coal in Kalimantan

SYDNEY (Yosefardi) – Tiaro Coal Ltd has reached agreement with Asia East International Ltd to invest $1.6 million to secure 20% ownership in the Anggana coal project, East Kalimantan province. Tiaro makes the investment through its 55%-owned CM Basin Coal...
Parit Minyak-3 Drilling Hits Total Depth

Parit Minyak-3 Drilling Hits Total Depth

SYDNEY (Yosefardi) – Parit Minyak-3 well, located in the Kisaran production sharing contract of onshore Sumatra, has been drilled to a total depth of 8520 feet (2598 meters) as of Sunday, September 1st. “The current operation is logging in the open-hole...

Bojonegoro Residents Block PetroChina Drilling

BOJONEGORO (Yosefardi) – Tens of residents from Ngampel Village, Kapas sub-district, Bojonegoro Regency in East Java set a blockade in front of drilling location of PetroChina-Pertamina joint operating body (JOB) in the area. Protesters, led by village head...
Foreign Investors’ Selloffs Recede

Foreign Investors’ Selloffs Recede

JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Weekly net sell by foreign investors on Indonesian stocks receded to Rp1.12 trillion in the week ended August 30, 2013. Compared to the previous weeks, the selloffs dropped substantially from Rp5.72 trillion in the week ended August 23 and...

Dian Swastatika Turns to Loss in First Half

JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – PT Dian Swastatika Sentosa (DSSA) Tbk, unit of Sinarmas Group, booked net loss of US$158,500 in the first half ended June 30, 2013, flipped from a net profit of US$12.08 million in the same period of 2012. The energy & infrastructure...