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[JAKARTA] Developing nations’ patent applications are dominated by foreign applicants seeking protection for their innovations. Only Indonesia and China have more of their own citizens than foreigners applying for patents locally, according to the Derwent World Patent Index 2013 released in September.

Indonesia’s scientists, most of them from universities and government research institutions, contributed to nearly 55 per cent of the country’s total patents in 2012 while in China over 75 per cent are domestic applicants.

http://www.scidev.net/asia-pacific/innovation/news/indonesia-excels-in-patents-from-local-scientists.html

Chinese aviation technology research institute began developing its own superplastic forming technology — which can stretch metals greatly and form hard workpieces in one operation — since the 1980s. The institute has been using the technology to reduce the weight of missiles since 2007, according to Chinese aviation news website CAN Press.

The technology was first developed by US company Rockwell Automation in the early 1970s. It caught the attention of AVIC Beijing Aeronautical Manufacturing Technology Research Institute in the 1980s, with the institute setting up a small team to develop its own superplastic forming technology.

http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1101&MainCatID=11&id=20130926000019

Aug 1 (Reuters) – Nickel prices could recover next year, when Indonesia brings in a planned
ban on unprocessed ore exports, said executives from Russia’s Norilsk Nickel,
the world’s largest producer of the metal.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/01/norilsk-indonesia-idUSL4N0G146Q20130801

(Reuters) – China’s authorities, mindful of the risk of a sharp economic slowdown that could derail their reform efforts, sent their clearest signal yet that they will safeguard growth and tweak policy when necessary.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/31/us-china-economy-idUSBRE96U0EK20130731?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

(Reuters) – Indonesian miner Perusahaan Perseroan Aneka Tambang (Antam) reported its ferronickel production has increased 27 percent in the first half of this year compared to 2012, in a half-yearly report received by Reuters on Tuesday.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/30/indonesia-antam-metals-idUSL4N0G01QI20130730

French mining group Eramet on Monday reported a net loss for the first six months of the year, citing a sharp deline in nickel prices and said it would step up its cost cutting plan.

In afternoon trading on the Paris stock exchange, Eramet shares had fallen 7.61 percent to 66.06 euros.

http://www.expatica.com/fr/news/french-news/eramet-reports-loss-in-first-half-on-weak-nickel-prices_270737.html

Two sectors of the Indonesian economy stand out as most popular destinations of foreign investments in the first six months of 2013. These are Indonesia’s manufacturing sector and the construction, property and real estate sector, which grew 46.7 percent and 100.6 percent respectively compared to the same period in 2012. Based on data of the Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), foreign direct investments in Indonesia increased 23 percent to USD $14.1 billion in the first semester of 2013.

http://www.indonesia-investments.com/news/todays-headlines/indonesias-manufacturing-industry-popular-destination-of-foreign-investments/item953

“It is important for Indonesia to move from primary to secondary sectors for sources of state revenues due to an economic slowdown in China that would affect national economic growth,” DBS Bank Singapore economist Eugene Leow said.

http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/90033/economist-suggests-govt-to-focus-on-secondary-sector-for-growth

(Reuters) – Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc’s (FCX.N)
Indonesian subsidiary will offer a 5 percent stake to the public and is in talks
with three local smelters on copper concentrate supply deals, company and
government officials said on Friday.

http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/07/26/us-indonesia-freeport-smelter-idINBRE96P0EU20130726

Kaohsiung, July 27 (CNA) Taiwanese companies will establish an industrial zone
in Jakarta, Indonesia, which can serve as a base for businesses from Taiwan
planning to make inroads into the Indonesian market.

http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aeco/201307270021.aspx