Russian state-owned enterprise (SOE) State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom plans to invest in Indonesia's nuclear industry by building a nuclear power plant (NPP) in Southeast Sulawesi Province. Rosatom is the largest company in the world which is engaged as a vendor in the nuclear industry, especially NPPs.

The Industry Ministry is encouraging the optimization of the utilization ashpalt from Buton Island, Southeast Sulawesi Province to support the achievement of national asphalt self-sufficiency. That encouragement was followed up with the Industry Ministry Chemical, Pharmaceutical, and Textile Industry Directorate-General's Cement, Ceramics, and Non-metallic Mining Materials Manufacturing Industry Directorate issuing he 2024 Buton Asphalt Downstream Industry Roadmap.

The Bombana Regency Government of Southeast Sulawesi Province is opening investment opportunities for local and foreign entrepreneurs to build shipyards, as there are many ships that need routine repairs and maintenance in the area.

The Southeast Sulawesi Province Investment and One-Stop Integrated Services Office (DPMPTSP) noted that investment to Southeast Sulawesi dropped to Rp11.05 trillion in 2024.

Statistics Indonesia (BPS) Southeast Sulawesi Province reported that the Southeast Sulawesi economy experienced 5.4 percent cumulative annuual growth (c-to-c) in 2024, up from 5.35 percent c-to-c in 2023. BPS Southeast Sulawesi Acting Head Surianti Toar explained that, in terms of production, the industrial manufacturing business field recorded the highest cumulative annual growth at 12.98 percent.

The Southeast Sulawesi Provincial Government gave its appreciation to PT Ceria Nugraha Indotama (Ceria Group)'s investment to the province during a working visit by the Southeast Sulawesi Regional Leadership Coordination Forum (Forkopimda) to the Ceria 'Merah Putih' Smelter project site in Wolo District, Kolaka Regency, Southeast Sulawesi on Jan. 23, 2025.

Realized investment to Southeast Sulawesi Province from January to September 2024 reached Rp8.32 trillion, or 37.81 percent of the target set by the central government. Southeast Sulawesi Regional Secretary Asrun Lio stated that the achievement was still within the realistic range of the Rp25.61 trillion realized investment target for 2024.