The purchase of crude oil from Russia has become a bitterly sarcastic, textbook embodiment of the adage "laughing oneself to death, the Russian way" (mati ketawa cara Rusia).

Bambang Ismoyo, Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Tanimbar Islands, Maluku – Indonesia on Thursday officially revived the long-delayed Masela LNG project, marking a major milestone for one of t

Fugro has won a contract to carry out offshore site characterization surveys supporting the Greater Sunrise and Bayu Undan energy developments offshore Timor-Leste.

Erfan Maruf, Tri Listiyarini, Jakarta – Indonesia's nationwide B50 biodiesel mandate will require 23.3 million metric tons of crude palm oil (CPO) each year, an increase of 8.5 million

Craig Nolan – Estrella Resources' exploration program in the southeast nation of Timor-Leste has unearthed two super high-grade samples of copper at its Sica prospect, grading 60.34 per

Leonard AL Cahyoputra, Indah Ayu Pujiastuti, Jakarta – Indonesia's decision to increase the palm oil blend in its biodiesel can be risky if the country lacks a robust supply chain and p

Fuad Iqbal Abdullah, Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan – More than 15,000 workers at coal mining companies in East Kalimantan province face potential layoffs as the government has yet

Singapore – The Republic inked an agreement with Indonesia's nuclear energy regulator on June 30 to collaborate on areas including radiation protection, emergency preparedness, radiatio

Vidya Pinandhita, Jakarta – The recent price increase of nonsubsidized fuels has forced commuters and high-mobility workers to switch to subsidized fuels in an attempt to cut transporta

One of the bitterest ironies this year is the fact that Indonesia has abundant coal reserves, but coal-fired power plants (PLTUs) are experiencing fuel shortages.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesian palm oil farmers have warned the government that smallholders are the ones who will bear the brunt of a hasty biodiesel program expansion.

Tempo, Jakarta – Indonesia's Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia has claimed that the supply issue for medium-rank coal for steam power plants (PLTU) has been fully r

Indah Handayani, Jakarta – Business groups have warned that recent power outages across Java could disrupt industrial production, weaken supply chains and undermine investor confidence

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia should gradually phase out fuel subsidies and replace them with targeted cash transfers to poorer households to reduce fiscal risks and improv

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – President Director of state-owned electricity firm PLN, Darmawan Prasodjo, stated that they are currently channeling medium-rank coal to several steam power pla

Andi Maulana, Alfi Dinilhaq, Jakarta – State utility PLN is accelerating coal procurement and seeking additional medium-grade coal supplies after fuel shortages triggered rolling blacko

Muharom Adi Yuliarta, Purworejo – Indonesia has allocated Rp 10.3 trillion ($579.5 million) in its 2026 budget to accelerate electricity access in thousands of villages and hamlets that

Antara, Jakarta – A senior official said Wednesday that the government would raise the coal production quota to exceed 600 million tons.

Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – The government is preparing a nationwide electric stove program as part of efforts to reduce Indonesia's heavy reliance on imported liquefied petroleum gas (LP

Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – Indonesia's Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has approved 664 mining work plans and budgets (RKABs) for 2026, while continuing to review additional submis

Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta – Repeated power outages across multiple regions in recent days have disrupted essential services, interrupted critical examinations and been linked to fatal in

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Anis Firmansah, Jakarta – Indonesia's government said subsidized fuel prices will remain unchanged despite a sharp increase in non-subsidized gasoline prices t

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Economists fear the sudden price hikes to non-subsidized fuel Pertamax will hurt Indonesia's middle class.

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Siwage Dharma Negara and Leo Suryadinata – The interests of Chinese investors and the Prabowo administration are increasingly misaligned.

Herman, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The government's decision to raise the price of Pertamax gasoline from Rp 12,300 to Rp 16,250 per liter is a realistic step toward reducing fiscal pre

Silpester Kasipka, Jayapura, Jubi – Members of the Tuarek Natkime Foundation blocked the access road leading to PT Freeport Indonesia's operational area at Check Point 430 in Kuala Kenc

Dylan Duan, Gayatri Suroyo and Melanie Burton, Shanghai, China/Jakarta/Melbourne, Australia – Chinese companies that helped build Indonesia's nickel industry into the world's dominant p

Antara, Jakarta – Reforming Indonesia's energy subsidies would strengthen fiscal credibility, ease pressure on the state budget, and support President Prabowo Subianto's energy transiti

Freddie Daley and Charlie Lawrie (The Conversation) – In December 2025, Indonesia quietly abandoned plans to close the Cirebon-1 coal power plant.

Endang Mulyani, Jakarta – The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) on Friday warned that Indonesia's plan to build 100 gigawatts (GW) of solar power capacity will depend not o

Antara, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has assured the public that subsidized fuel prices will remain unchanged through the end of 2026 despite mounting pressure on

Mei Leandha, Jakarta – The sudden two-day total blackout across the Northern Sumatra (Sumbagut) region, paralyzing Jambi, West Sumatra, Riau, North Sumatra, and Aceh on Friday night, Ma

Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – Several regions across the island of Sumatra were plunged into a total blackout on Friday, May 22, 2026.

Tempo, Jakarta – Indonesia's state-owned electricity company PLN Unit Induk Distribusi (UID) Aceh has imposed rotating power outages in several areas to maintain system reliability.

Delfi Neski, Effendi Rusli, Padang/Pekanbaru – A massive blackout swept across Sumatra island on Friday evening after a major disruption in the regional power transmission system, leavi

The ecological damage experienced by communities living along the Oko-Oko River in Kolaka Regency, Southeast Sulawesi, adds to the growing narrative of the devastating impact of downstr

Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Jakarta – Indonesia may have large natural gas reserves, but replacing imported liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) with compressed natural gas (CNG) for millions of house

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia's environment ministry has issued a new approval for a controversial zinc and lead mine in an earthquake-prone region of Sumatra Island, less tha

Padang, Indonesia – Nine people were killed on May 14 in Indonesia's West Sumatra province after heavy rain triggered the collapse of a 30-meter (100-foot) cliff at an illegal gold mine

President Prabowo Subianto's intent to include the Red-and-White Village Cooperatives in the development of a large-scale solar power plants (PLTS) project could lead to future problems

Jakarta – Indonesia has largely kept fuel prices at pump stations affordable despite a roughly 50 per cent surge in global oil prices since the Iran war, swelling the country's already

Halmahera, Indonesia – New research examining Indonesia's vast nickel-processing regions has documented rising rates of ill health and workplace harm linked to a key industry supplying

Padang – Searchers recovered nine bodies after a landslide hit near an illegal gold mine in Sijunjung regency, West Sumatra, police said Friday.

Kutai Kartanegara, Indonesia – Asniah recalls nights lying in darkness listening to cicadas and the passing hum of outboard motors after her family moved to Muara Enggelam in the 1990s,

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia's nickel policies have worried Chinese investors, as businessmen penned a letter to President Prabowo Subianto to improve the investment climate.

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Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia has postponed its royalty hike on mining commodities amid concerns over the policy potentially taking a toll on business profits.

Arjuna Pademme, Jayapura, Jubi – Central Papua Governor Meki Nawipa said he will instruct authorities to take action against the growing number of illegal gold mining operations in the

Jakarta – After fuel shortages disrupted several areas in Riau last week, the impact has since spread to Palangkaraya in Central Kalimantan and Balikpapan in East Kalimantan, where long