A neka Tambang (Antam) CEO Arie Prabowo Ario-tedjo appeared to be elated when leaving the Flores Ballroom at Hotel Borobudur, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday last week. The decision reached in an Antam Extraordinary Stockholders General Meeting (RUPSLB) to approve merging companies in a holding company for mining state-owned enterprises (SOEs) gave Arie new hope.

When first presiding over Antam in early May, Arie had to deal with the company’s