Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – As the U.S.-Israel war on Iran drives oil prices above $100 a barrel and disrupts global supply routes, Indonesia is once again confronting the costs of it

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has approved annual production plans (RKAB) for 580 million tonnes of coal, the ministry's coal and mineral director ge

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia is moving to diversify its energy import sources away from the Middle East, as disruptions linked to tensions around the Strait of Hormuz highlight

Theressia Silalahi, Dayat, Jakarta – The government has confirmed there will be no immediate fuel price hike, moving to calm panic buying after viral rumors of steep increases triggered

Mahfuzulloh Al Murtadho, Jakarta – Bobibos, labeled by its creator as "Red and White Vegetable Fuel" (BBN), is ready for mass production.

Jakarta – The plan to introduce work from home (WFH) once a week in the public and private sectors should not be that hard to implement since the nation has already had plenty of experi

Addin Anugrah Siwi, Jakarta – Indonesia's decision to hold fuel prices steady has helped lift public support for President Prabowo Subianto's administration, Finance Minister Purbaya Yu

Prisma Ardianto, Ardina Rizka, Karanganyar – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia on Thursday urged the public to use fuel and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) more respo

Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – Surging global oil prices past $100 per barrel are set to push up Indonesia's non-subsidized fuel prices, raising the risk of a sharp shift in consumption towa

Bhima Yudhistira Adhinegara – The world is in turmoil.

Ruth Dea Juwita, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto is pushing for the country to shift entirely to electric, solar-powered vehicles across personal, public and commercial transport,

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has defended the use of coal, saying there is nothing wrong with using the affordable combustible rock in times of crisis despit

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto urges all parties to cut fuel consumption in response to the US-Israel war against Iran that sent crude oil prices an

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Russia's Rosatom has said that its offer to help Indonesia tap into nuclear energy still stands as Jakarta awaits the establishment of a watchdog before fu

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – Police in Indonesia's Lampung Province have uncovered large-scale illegal gold mining on land belonging to state-owned plantation firm PT Perkebunan Nusantara

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – A worker at PT Freeport Indonesia was fatally shot by an unknown assailant in the open-pit mining area of Grasberg Mining, Mimika, Central Papua, on Wednesday m

Asido Nababan, Jakarta – Indonesia holds a central position in the global nickel industry.

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – The planned export of solar energy from Indonesia's Batam to Singapore appears to have hit a snag, as appointed electricity exporters face challenges in

Ni Made Tasyarani, Jakarta – State asset fund Danantara has selected two Chinese companies as operating partners for the first phase of its waste-to-energy (WtE) projects.

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – Escalating tensions between Iran and US-Israel risk disrupting global energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz, a key maritime chokepoint that carries about o

Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Akmalal Hamdhi, Addin Anugrah Siwi, Jakarta – Rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East following US military strikes on Iran have sent global oil prices highe

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – Indonesia has secured about $1.4 billion in foreign investment to support the development of solar power infrastructure, as the government accelerate

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has formed a task force to accelerate the transition to clean energy in Indonesia.

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – The price of world oil continues to soar on the fifth day of the Iran-Israel conflict in the Middle East.

Antara, Jakarta – The government is under mounting pressure to expand energy subsidies as escalating tensions between Iran and the United States threaten to drive up global oil prices a

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia is banking on supplies from the US after the Iran war triggers oil price hikes and unstable waters in the Strait of Hormuz.

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Industry players warn that a push to diversify investment in Indonesia's minerals sector under the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) signed with the United Sta

Matt Birney – Estrella Resources is on the cusp of banking its first revenue after pulling a 22,600-tonne market sample from a freshly mined small open pit in the emerging mineral front

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq is considering revoking the environmental license for PT QMB New Energy Materials, a tenant at the Indonesia Morowali I

Tokyo and Jakarta – On February 24, 2026, 72 civil society organizations from around the world submitted a petition to the Ministry of Finance (MoF), the Ministry of Economy, Trade and

Reiner Brabar, Jayapura – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) says that a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Indonesian government and Freeport McMoRan Inc to ex

Bhima Yudhistira Adhinegara and Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat – Indonesia and the US mining giant Freeport-McMoRan have struck an agreement extending the operating rights of the vast copper

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Padang, Indonesia – The government of West Sumatra plans to move forward with a legal pathway for up to 300 small mines operating illegally in the heavily forested province, joining sev

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – The American mining company, Freeport-McMoRan, has announced an agreement with the Indonesian Government to extend the operating rights of PT Freeport Indonesia

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) has named PT Ormat Geothermal Indonesia as the winner of the bid for the Ranu Lake Geothermal Workin

Associated Press, Jakarta – Indonesia is tightening state control over the world's largest nickel supply after years of betting the metal would anchor a homegrown electric-vehicle indus

Marchio Gorbiano, Cirebon, West Java – Villager Supriyanto is visibly frustrated as he discusses the sprawling coal power plant emitting white plumes of smoke over his small fishing com

Ahmad – The policy of the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), Bahlil Lahadalia, of awarding a geothermal project concession in Telaga Ranu, West Halmahera, to PT Ormat Geot

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia plans to mandate a 20% ethanol blend in gasoline, known as E20, by 2028 as part of efforts to curb the country's heavy reliance on fuel imports, Energy and M

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Indonesia's Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said the government has not yet formally revoked the mining license of the Mar

Choi Jeong-yoon, Seoul – Indonesian K-pop fans are calling out a major South Korean bank over its financing of coal-linked industrial projects, showing fan communities' potential to mob

Servio Maranda, Jakarta – The Bangka Belitung Islands Regional Police have declared three tin mining bosses as suspects following a mining accident that resulted in the deaths of seven

Muhammad Awaludin, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara.

Servio Maranda, Jakarta – Seven illegal tin mine workers were buried alive after the wall of a mine at their location collapsed on Monday afternoon, February 2, 2026, at around 5:00 PM

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) has revealed a significant volume of funds suspected to originate from illegal mining activities i

Philip Jacobson, Loeha Raya, Indonesia – The road to the headquarters of the Loeha Raya Farmers' Cooperative is inundated from the monsoon, and a baby cayman splashes around in a puddle

Jakarta – Efforts to decarbonise Indonesia's power sector have been put at risk by a faster than expected increase in the number of off-grid coal power plants and a lack of transparency

Latoya Abulu, Silima Pungga-Pungga district, Indonesia – Rainim Purba first heard the rumor in 1996.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia is recording a surplus of around 1.4 billion liters of subsidized low-grade diesel fuel, sold domestically under the Solar brand, Energy and Mineral