Jakarta, March 10 -- Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto ordered officials to strengthen the role of the National Mineral Company during a limited cabinet meeting at his private residence in Hambalang, West Java, on Monday evening.

The directive was confirmed in a statement by the Government Communication Office of Indonesia posted on the president's official social media account in Jakarta.

"The president held a limited meeting on the National Mineral Company with members of the Red and White Cabinet to discuss future downstream industrialization agendas," the statement said.

Prabowo stressed that strengthening the National Mineral Company, known as Perminas, was a strategic step to ensure Indonesia's mineral resources are managed i...