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
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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.
April 30, 2023
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.
April 28, 2023
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
April 19, 2023
Paul Osborne – Woodside's boss says the energy company is committed to finding a path forward on the multibillion dollar Sunrise gas project.
April 17, 2023
Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo highlighted the country's commitment to maintaining environmental sustainability when delivering a speech at the ope
April 6, 2023
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
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
April 5, 2023
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
April 4, 2023
Nithin Coca – Indonesia's plans to develop a coal gasification industry have been thrown into doubt following the withdrawal of a major foreign investor.
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
April 2, 2023
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
March 31, 2023
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
March 30, 2023
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
March 27, 2023
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
March 24, 2023
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
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
March 23, 2023
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 – 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)
March 15, 2023
Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – Another year, and it's another blaze for PT Pertamina: on Feb.
March 14, 2023
Manokwari, Jubi – Residents of Kwoor District in Tambrauw Regency, West Papua Province have blocked illegal gold mining sites in three villages in Kwoor.
March 12, 2023
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
March 10, 2023
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
March 9, 2023
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.
March 8, 2023
Beritasatu, Jakarta – A director at state-run oil company Pertamina has been removed from his post days after a devastating fire broke out at the company's oil depot in North Jakarta an
March 6, 2023
Danang Wisanggeni, Wisnu Agung Prasetyo and Asyraf Kamil, Jakarta – Three days after a fire broke out at a fuel storage depot in North Jakarta, Ms Septiana and her family members remain
Jakarta – House of Representatives Commission VII overseeing energy and mineral resources has scheduled a hearing with the leadership of the state energy company PT Pertamina to demand
March 5, 2023
Investor.id, Jakarta – State-Owned Enterprise Minister Erick Thohir ordered the creation of buffer zones between oil and gas refineries and residential areas, following the devastating
Jakarta (Agencies) – The government will relocate residents living near a fuel-storage fire that killed 16 people or remove the depot owned by state energy company Pertamina to a safer
March 4, 2023
Tatan Syuflana and Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – Indonesian rescuers and firefighters on Saturday searched for possible victims under the rubble of charred houses and buildings after a larg
Jakarta – Officials have called for an investigation and an audit of state energy company Pertamina's facilities after a fire at its storage facility killed 13.
Jakarta – Residents searched through the remains of their charred homes on Saturday after a fuel storage depot fire in Jakarta left at least 17 people, including two children, dead.
March 3, 2023
Fani Ramadhani, Jakarta – State oil company Pertamina has decided to raise the price of Pertamax dan Pertamax Turbo gasoline products.
Investor Daily, Jakarta – The government is preparing itself to face a possible lawsuit by China in the World Trade Organization regarding the ban on the export of unprocessed bauxite o
March 2, 2023
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – A visiting Ukrainian parliament member Vadym Halaichuk on Thursday revealed his country's interest to cooperate with Indonesia on electrical grid system co
February 28, 2023
Joe Hoppe – Baron Oil PLC said Tuesday that a competent person's report for the Chuditch-1 gas discovery, offshore East Timor, shows the project is likely to be economically viable.
February 25, 2023
Eko Listiyorini and Norman Harsono – The value of Indonesia's nickel exports surged tenfold in five years after it forced buyers to set up refineries in the country.
February 24, 2023
The government of Timor-Leste has approved the demarcation of 7 mining zones, comprising 49 concession areas, and is drawing up conditions for tenders, the Portuguese news agency Lusa r
February 22, 2023
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia still has 68 unexplored oil and gas basins across the archipelago, and the resource-rich country wants to ramp up its exploration, according to E
Jakarta – Indonesia on Wednesday launched the first phase of mandatory carbon trading for coal power plants, part of efforts by Southeast Asia's biggest economy to boost renewable energ
February 20, 2023
Investor.id, Jakarta – Garibaldi "Boy" Thohir, the CEO of major coal exporter Adaro Energy, has resigned from a commissioner post at mining company Merdeka Copper Gold, the company anno
February 19, 2023
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The B35 policy – which increases the palm-oil based biodiesel blend from 30 percent to 35 percent – could increase domestic demand for palm oil by 2 millio
February 17, 2023
Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – Indonesia's Minister of Investment and Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Bahlil Lahadalia stated that the restriction on bauxite ore exports
February 15, 2023
Victoria Milko and Sibi Arasu, Samarinda, Indonesia – In Indonesia's region of East Kalimantan, the country's dependence on coal is on full display.
February 14, 2023
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is seeking to have the House of Representatives' approval on the renewables bill by this September, as the Southeast Asian countr
Jayapura, Jubi – Member of the Papua Legislative Council John NR Gobai calls on the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) to be objective in looking at the reports from the indige
February 13, 2023
Jakarta (Antara) – The mining and quarrying business sector contributes the largest to the East Kalimantan Province's Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) in 2022, reaching 53.24 perc
Jayapura, Jubi – Flash floods hit the Mile Point 74 concentrate processing plant of PT Freeport Indonesia in Tembagapura District, Mimika Regency, Central Papua Province on Saturday, Fe