PT Agincourt Resources Indonesia plans to start production at the Martabe gold and silver mine in Batang Toru in the district of South Tapanuli, North Sumatra soon, company spokesman said.

Gold and copper mining company PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara has again received an Aditama award from the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry as the best mining company in terms of mineral mining environment management.

Chinese state-owned company Dafeng Port Group plans to set up a ferronickel industry in Kotabaru, South Kalimantan with a production capacity of 200 million metric tons a year. The president director of Dafeng Port Group Co. Ltd., Ni Xiangrong, said here on Saturday the Dafeng Port Group Co.Ltd. has successfully developed an integrated economic zone in China and plan to build a ferronickel industry and its support industries in Kotabaru.