Mining holding state-owned enterprise (SOE) MIND ID subsidiary PT Timah Tbk. targets its annual production to reach 23,000 tons in 2025, up from 20,000 tons in 2024.

Bangka Belitung Islands Province Investment and One-Stop Integrated Licensing Office (DPMPTSP) revealed that realized investments to Bangka Belitung Islands reached Rp17 trillion in 2024. Bangka Belitung Islands DPMPTSP Head Darlan explained that the investment realization in 2024 reached 68 percent of the national target of Rp25 trillion and exceeded the province's own target of Rp3 trillion.

PT. Green Indonesia Alumina (GIA) will invest to build a smelter at the Suge Industrial Park in Belitung Regency, Bangka Belitung Islands Province within the near future. PT GIA will process bauxite into aluminium with the smelter. The bauxite is planned to be obtained from the island of Kalimantan, while coal to fuel the process will be procured from South Sumatra Province.

Statistics Indonesia (BPS) Bangka Belitung Islands Province recorded the value of Bangka Belitung Islands' tin and non-tin exports rising by 11.71 percent from US$180.19 million in September 2024 to US$201.28 million in October 2024.

Acting Belitung Regent Mikron Antariksa welcomed the investment plan of PT Green Indonesia Alumina (PT GIA) to the Suge Industrial Estate in Badau District, Belitung Regency, Bangka Belitung Islands Province. He conveyed that sentiment when opening the audience meeting and presentation of PT GIA's investment plan in the meeting room of the Belitung Regent's Office on Nov. 29, 2024.

Megastar is officially ready to operate in Bangka Belitung Islands Province after signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indonesian Tin Exporters Association (AETI) on Sep. 5, 2024.

Famous Indonesian singer Aruma performed to entertain the people of East Belitung Regency at the closing ceremony of East Belitung Explore the Charm of the Spice Route (JPJR) 2024 at Yagor Field in Manggar District, East Belitung Regency, Bangka Belitung Islangs Province on Sep. 8, 2024.

Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Salahudin Uno visited Belitung Island in Bangka Belitung Islands Province to attend the 2024 East Belitung Explore the Charm of the Spice Route (JPJR) event.