Eddie Spence – Indonesia needs to shut multiple coal plants a year while also tripling renewables to meet its new president's ambition of a full phase-out of the fossil fuel by 2040, ac

Sudarshan Varadhan, Singapore – Indonesia is in talks with the United States and Russia about acquiring technology to develop nuclear power plants, a deputy minister told Reuters

Vendro Immanuel G, Jakarta – Chairperson of the Association of Online Ojek Drivers Garda Indonesia, Igun Wicaksono, condemns the statement of Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Ba

Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia has revealed that the new fuel subsidy scheme would involve a combination of subsidized goods and direct cash transfer (

Tiza Mafira Khalifa Akbar – The 2022 G20 Summit marked a turning point for Indonesia's energy transition with the signing of an agreement to explore the early retirement of Cirebon-1 co

Antara, Jakarta – Shell Indonesia, which runs the local operations of the British oil company, has denied closing all of its gas stations in the country.

Antara, Jakarta – Coal mining companies seeking to extend their contracts must establish a downstream industry ecosystem, Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Minister Bahlil Lahadalia s

Violet George – In a significant move for Indonesia's energy sector, BP and its partners have committed a $7 billion investment to a groundbreaking project in Papua.

Vincent Fabian Thomas, Jakarta – The government plans to slash the share of coal-fired power generation in the country's energy mix to just 33 percent, while increasing the contribution

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Indonesia, as the world's largest coal exporter, has the potential to play a bigger role in determining global coal prices, the Indonesian Energy, Mineral, and

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesia could be losing up to Rp 1.2 trillion ($75.5 million) monthly due to misdirected electricity subsidies, according to the National Strategy for

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has secured his American counterpart Joe Biden's support to speed up the feasibility study on the development of a small nuclear

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will implement a ban on the export permit of copper concentrate in January 2025.

Arie Firdaus, Suralaya, Indonesia – The ground shook beneath Edi Suriana, jolting the 45-year-old Indonesian villager from an afternoon slumber in late August.

Jakarta – Indonesia is conducting a thorough exercise to reform its fuel subsidy scheme, its energy minister said on Nov 4, as the new president looks to rein in subsidies that amounted

Basudiwa Supraja, Antara, Jakarta – The government recently revealed that a portion of the government's energy subsidies had gone to the rich instead of the poor.

Pangkalpinang – The state-owned tin mining company, PT Timah, insists on establishing a new mining location in the waters of Batu Beriga, Lubuk Besar District, Central Bangka Regency, d

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Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Indonesia has seen little progress in its energy transition over the past decade as President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has straddled two diverging boats, trying to i

Antara, Petir Garda B, Yudono Yanuar, Jakarta – PT Freeport Indonesia's sulfuric acid smelter unit at the Gresik Special Economic Zone, East Java, caught fire on Monday, October 14, 202

Jakarta – In this nation, poor people are often victims of disasters, while at the same time being blamed for causing them.

Hendro D Situmorang, Jakarta – The CEO of Freeport Indonesia voiced his support on Tuesday for the potential removal of government regulations that limit the duration of mining concessi

Herman, Prisma Ardianto, Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia has warned that he will revoke licenses for idle oil wells as part of his plan to enhance Indon

Tory Shepherd – The $74bn Greater Sunrise gas project – which has been decades in the making – could be under way by the end of the year, the Timor-Leste president, Jose Ramos-Horta, sa

Ahmad Syamsudin, Jakarta – Indonesia's booming nickel industry, which is fuelled by massive Chinese investments, is marred by widespread corruption and illegal mining activities, both o

Wayne Palmer – Indonesia's ambitious nickel downstreaming program has sparked considerable interest due to its economic significance and strategic implications.

Febriyan, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) provincial government curb an illegal gold mining site in Lendek Bare Village, Sekotong

Najla Nur Fauziyah, Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Several religious, legal, and environmental organizations filed a judicial review appeal at the Supreme Court, challenging Government R

Mai Nguyen, Siyi Liu, Fransiska Nangoy and Pratima Desai – Top nickel producer China's Tsingshan has cut ferronickel production in Indonesia due to persistent shortages of ore caused by

Estrella Resources has revealed high-grade manganese in Timor-Leste just days after nailing down new exploration licenses at its Samalari prospect in the nation's Baucau Municipality.

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian government aims to boost wind energy capacity by 5 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, tapping into the country's vast wind power potential, the Energy and Mineral

Marchio Gorbiano, Jakarta – A landslide at an illegal gold mine in West Sumatra has killed at least 15 people and buried dozens of others in the abandoned pit with rescue workers strugg

Hanin Marwah, Jakarta – The President Director of PT PLN, Darmawan Prasodjo, said the state-owned electricity company is ready to support PT Freeport Indonesia with electrical supplies.

Cirebon, Indonesia – A programme backed by the Group of Seven (G-7) to close coal power plants in emerging markets is facing further delays, after a July deadline passed without a deal

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo recently launched the production of mining giant Freeport Indonesia's smelter at Gresik Special Economic Zone in East Java.

Vedro Imanuel G, Jakarta – Pertamina Patra Niaga, a subsidiary of state-owned oil and gas giant Pertamina, affirmed that the company would comply with the government's policy regarding

Jakarta – It would not have come as a surprise to the informed reader that Indonesia is on course to miss its clean power target by a wide margin.

Fito Akhmad Erlangga, Gresik – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo confirmed that Indonesia has not yet left the negotiation table regarding an increase in its stake in gold miner Freeport I

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo launched Monday a copper smelter belonging to mining giant Amman Mineral Internasional in West Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara.

Gabriel Collins, Morgan Bazilian and Simon Lomax – Earlier this month, the US government sounded the alarm over the use of forced labor in the nickel mines of Indonesia.

Jakarta – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Friday it has approved a US$500 million policy-based loan to fund a program designed to help Indonesia's energy transition efforts.

Jakarta – A new clause relating to network sharing between state electricity company PLN and private electricity producers, also known as power wheeling, in the New and Renewable Energy

Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo criticized the lengthy and complex permit process for geothermal power projects in Indonesia, warning that such delays are hindering

Rafi Adis Subarna – Indonesia has emerged as the leading force in the nickel industry, holding over half of the global market share in 2023.

Dili – Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta said on Wednesday (Sep 11) that a deal with Australia on a vast fossil fuel project seen as crucial to the tiny nation's economic future wi

Joseph Rachman, Jakarta – The US Department of Labor has put Indonesian nickel on a list of products made using forced labor, a potential significant setback for the Southeast Asian nat

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia is set to establish the Nuclear Energy Program Implementation Organization (NEPIO) this year, a key step in its nuclear energy strategy that includes plans f

Nusa Dua, Indonesia – Indonesia is still waiting for cheaper financing to hasten early retirement of coal-fired power plants under a pact with the rich nations of the G7 grouping, senio

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – The government has reiterated that it will pursue the energy transition at its own pace and in ways that match the country's economic goals and fiscal ability, s

Melisa Cavcic – Australia's energy giant Santos has signed a new mid-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply contract with Glencore Singapore (Glencore) and hammered out a deal for the