Andri Prasetiyo and Nabilla Gunawan – The Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) between Indonesia and its major trading partners is at risk of stifling Indonesia's coal phase-out pr

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia's largest coal miner, PT Adaro Energy, faces claims of greenwashing over its plan to build coal-fired power plants on the island of Borneo to pro

Aditya Hadi, Jakarta – After the government enforced a ban on bauxite exports on Saturday, mining firms are calling for a remedy from the government to alleviate the ban's impact, warni

Muhammad Beni Saputra – Indonesia's capital of Jakarta is notorious for being among the cities with the worst traffic congestion in the world.

Riza Salman, Kolaka, Indonesia – Ansal grabbed a makeshift raincoat, an empty rice sack, and ran home as the rain began to pound the fields of Pomalaa.

Jakarta – Chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Megawati Soekarnoputri said on Monday that the country should emulate North Korea in building its nuclear cap

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The government on Monday said that the recent export ban on unprocessed bauxite ores did not come out of the blue, adding that the miners already had enoug

Investor.id, Jakarta – State-owned oil company Pertamina recorded a net profit of $3.81 billion last year, equivalent to Rp 56.6 trillion, the highest in the company's history.

David Fogarty and Cheryl Tan, Singapore – Indonesia could reach net-zero emissions by 2055, five years ahead of the government's target of 2060, if it receives financial and technology

Ahmad Munawir Siregar and Akhmad Hanan – With electric vehicles increasingly driving the roads, battery manufacturing has become a global industry. Many countries are involved.

Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Sakti Wahyu Trenggono on Wednesday responded to a public discourse that alleges foreign interest had pressured

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Economic think tank INDEF fears that Indonesia might have not carefully planned the imminent ban on unprocessed bauxite ores.

Yogi Eka Sahputra, Batam – Fishermen in the Riau Islands, especially in Batam and Karimun, strongly rejected sea sand export due to fear of rampant sand mining in the regions that damag

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – The government plans to prohibit the export of liquified natural gas (LNG) to help supply domestic industries, Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minis

Deni Ghifari and Fadli, Jakarta – The government lifted a ban this month on the export of dredged sand that was in place for more than 20 years, in a move it claims will bring in badly

Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo issued Government Regulation (PP) No. 26 of 2023 concerning the management of sedimentation products in the ocean.

Jakarta – Indonesia will continue exporting some raw minerals in 2024 in the context that domestic companies are rushing to finish smelters to process the metal ore, said Minister of En

Learo Earle – Grasberg mine – the largest gold mine and third-largest copper mine in the world – is central to the story of West Papua's colonisation.

Chris Barrett, Maubisse, Timor-Leste – In the cool air of Timor-Leste's central highlands, Xanana Gusmao takes to a makeshift stage before hundreds of devotees in a park across from the

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has revealed that land concessions for nickel mining in Indonesia reached 1,037,435.22 hectares in 2022.

Victoria Milko and Dita Alangkara, Laindeha, Indonesia – As Tamar Ana Jawa wove a red sarong in the fading sunlight, her neighbor switched on a light bulb dangling from the sloping tin

Tenny Kristiana – Indonesia's biofuel program was supposed to be a boon for small farmers.

John McBeth – Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX) chairman Richard Adkerson has twice flown to Jakarta this year as he tries to persuade President Joko Widodo's administration to m

Aditya Hadi, Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Pandjaitan has expressed his frustration over a lack of clarity on United States commitments to provid

Rebecca Tan, Dera Menra Sijabat and Joshua Irwandi, Obira Island, Indonesia – On a remote island close to where the Pacific meets the Indian Ocean sits one of the first refineries built

Maxensius Sambodo – Indonesia has great potential for renewable energy. In terms of installed capacity of geothermal plants, it is second only to the United States.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is in talks to extend Freeport's permit as long as the mining giant agrees to give an additional 10 percent stake.

Jakarta – Indonesia will allow miners Freeport Indonesia and Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara to continue exporting copper concentrate until next year, despite a ban starting this June, to a

Mohammad Taufan, Palu, Indonesia – Two bodies have been recovered following the collapse of a nickel waste disposal site in Indonesia, in the latest of a series of deadly accidents at C

Paul Osborne – Woodside's boss says the energy company is committed to finding a path forward on the multibillion dollar Sunrise gas project.

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo highlighted the country's commitment to maintaining environmental sustainability when delivering a speech at the ope

Jakarta – The Commission VII of the House of Representatives on Wednesday visited copper smelter PT Smelting in Gresik, East Java, during which the lawmakers praised the progress of its

Jakarta – Indonesia, the world's biggest palm oil biodiesel user, is now working to introduce bioethanol mandates for gasoline to further cut fuel imports and carbon emissions, but it w

Ghee Peh – Downstream coal projects in Indonesia need a government subsidy of at least US$354 per tonne of dimethyl ether (DME) fuel to maintain a profit margin, according to the latest

Investor Daily, Jakarta – The government is mulling allowing companies whose smelter construction is affected by Covid-19 to export unprocessed ores and partially processed minerals (co

Nithin Coca – Indonesia's plans to develop a coal gasification industry have been thrown into doubt following the withdrawal of a major foreign investor.

Jakarta – An explosion at a refinery owned by a Pertamina PT unit in western Indonesia injured nine people, the state energy firm said on Sunday, adding to two dozen deaths from two oth

Michael Taylor, Kuala Lumpur – With the world's largest reserves of nickel, used extensively in making batteries, Indonesia is aiming to become an electric vehicle powerhouse, not least

Aditya Hadi, Jakarta – PT ThorCon Power Indonesia (TPI), a subsidiary of United States-based nuclear power plant company ThorCon, has submitted a consultation paper to build a 500-megaw

Jayapura, Jubi – The Central Papua Provincial Government has been asked to organize a meeting between residents of the Far East Mimika, Jita and Agimuga districts with the management of

Rick Wilkinson – Jadestone Energy, Singapore, has resumed oil production at its troubled Montara field in the Timor Sea offshore northern Australia following a 7-month shut-in due to oi

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – Indonesia's tackling of climate change sees the country committed to cutting carbon to net-zero by 2060, an ambitious yet promising goal that will see sta

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – After a tug-of-war in coal supply price negotiations for a coal-to-dimethyl ether (DME) conversion project with Indonesian state-owned enterprises (SOEs)

Jayapura, Jubi – Solidarity of Tambrauw Regency Students in Jayapura rejects illegal mining in Kwor Village, Barar Village, and Orwen Village in Kwor District, Tambrauw Regency, Southwe

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – Another year, and it's another blaze for PT Pertamina: on Feb.

Manokwari, Jubi – Residents of Kwoor District in Tambrauw Regency, West Papua Province have blocked illegal gold mining sites in three villages in Kwoor.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Mining company Merdeka Battery Materials, a subsidiary of Merdeka Copper Gold (MDKA), is preparing to operate 21,000 hectares of mining area in Konawe, South

Jakarta – When an accident occurs in any industry, especially if it is fatal, the company's health, safety and environmental (HSE) practices will come into question as stakeholders seek

Antara, Jakarta – PT Bukit Asam Tbk (IDX: PTBA), a member of MIND ID, is targeting to produce 41 million tons of coal this year.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Activists have lambasted the Indonesian government's proposal to include gas in its clean energy transition program funded by industrialized countries.