Jakarta, Nov. 6 -- Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has instructed his aides in the Red and White Cabinet to expedite the implementation of 18 downstreaming projects worth nearly Rp600 trillion (around US$36 billion) in total.

Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia stated that the directive was conveyed during a two-hour limited cabinet meeting held at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Thursday.

"We aim to complete all preliminary processes this year so that on-field implementation can begin in 2026," Lahadalia remarked after joining Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto, Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa, and other ministers in the meeting.

He highlighted that the 18 downstreaming p...