Statistics Indonesia (BPS) West Kalimantan Province recorded 1.2 percent year-on-year (yoy) annual inflation as of June 202, with the province's consumer price index (CPI) rising from 106.43 in June 2024 to 107.71 in June 2025. BPS West Kalimantan Head Muh. Saichudin explained that the increased inflation occurred due to price increases in nine of eleven expenditure groups.

The Supadio Airport in Pontianak City, West Kalimantan Province will soon serve international flights after having its international status suspended some time ago.

Uranium reserves in Kalan River, Melawi Regency, West Kalimantan Province, have the potential to transform the prospects of national energy security.

Mining Industry Indonesia (MIND ID) is planning downstream projects worth a combined US$14.3 billion, and the mining holding state-owned enterprise (SOE) collaborating with sovereign wealth fund (SWF) Daya Anagata Nusantara Investment Management Agency (Danantara) to find partners who are willing to join the project.

PT Aneka Tambang Tbk (Antam) will collaborate with fellow PT Mineral Industri Indonesia (MIND ID) subsidiary PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) to develop a smelter-grade aluminium refinery in Mempawah Regency, West Kalimantan Province as part of Antam's efforts to accelerate the realization of national strategic projects (PSNs) in mining sector downstreaming. The project is targeted to start operations in 2025 with an aluminium production capacity of 1 million tons per year.

The development of a nuclear power plant (NPP) in Indonesia, which is planned to be on-grid in 2032, has apparently attracted the attention of Russia, China, and the United States (US). The Indonesian government is finalizing the plan to build the NPP to help achieve its 103 gigawatts (GW) electricity supply target.

President Prabowo Subianto has determined several National Strategic Projects (PSN) that will be accelerated over the next five years. This policy is stipulated in Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No. 12/2025 on the 2025-2029 National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN), which was signed on Feb. 10, 2025.