Helena Kobagau and Haeril Halim, Timika – With the coronavirus devastating jobs across the country, desperate Indonesians are flocking to illegal gold mines as the soaring price of the

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Bilateral cooperation between Indonesia and France remains strong amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Yovanda, Samarinda, Indonesia – On Sept.

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – A watchdog coalition has called for the government to delay passing a mining government regulation (PP) until after the Constitutional Court (MK) makes a key d

Damon Evans – East Timor is reassessing its ambitious petroleum development plans, which include the Woodside Petroleum-operated Greater Sunrise project, after discovering the economic

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – State-owned electricity giant PLN officially listed Rp 1.88 trillion (US$126.9 million) worth of bonds at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) on Wednesday, as i

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The government has ordered state-owned electricity company PLN to lower the electricity rates for all homes and certain businesses to boost the pandemic-hit ec

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – For the first time in Indonesia, a court has sentenced an illegal miner to multiple crimes in an attempt to create a deterrent effect to curb environmental and

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – State-owned electricity company PLN has called on the Environment and Forestry Ministry to revise emission caps for fossil fuel-fired power plants, arguing the

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Four Indonesian strategic upstream gas projects are facing headwinds from pandemic-related restrictions and exiting operators, presenting challenges to the cou

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Indonesia's largest oil and gas company, state-owned Pertamina, booked a US$767.92 million net loss in the first half of this year amid weak energy demand and

Norman Harsono and Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – More than 33 million Indonesian homes, businesses and public services are poised to see lower monthly power bills until December a

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The completion of seven big power plants and four power distribution projects have been delayed indefinitely due to the health crisis, causing power sector in

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The International Energy Agency (IEA) has urged the government to boost Indonesia's use of renewable energy and to increase its electrification capacity throu

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The domestic oil and gas industry is reeling under the pressures of the global pandemic as investment falls short and block auctions are delayed.

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Oil and gas companies in Indonesia may now choose to either use a cost recovery or gross split-based production sharing contract (PSC) thanks to a recently is

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The government has ordered state-owned electricity giant PLN to waive minimum monthly electricity fees for businesses, industries and public services to exped

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – Mining players are optimistic the central government's take over of environmental licensing and management authorities in the natural resources sector from reg

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – State-owned electricity giant PLN continues to see its profit eroded by foreign exchange losses, according to the company's financial report.

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Civil society actors across Indonesia have laid out a two-phase lawsuit to challenge the controversial Coal and Mineral Mining Law at the Constitutional Court

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – United States-based nuclear company Thorcon International Pte Ltd and Indonesia's Defense Ministry signed a deal on Jul.

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The government has threatened to sanction nickel businesses that fail to comply with nickel ore pricing regulations and, therefore, pose a risk to the country

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Indonesia is estimated to lose between 10,000 and 15,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd) from oil theft in several regions, according to the Upstream Oil and Ga

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government inaugurated on Monday a facility to produce refuse-derived fuel (RDF), a fuel made of various types of waste, in Cilacap, Central Java

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – State-owned electricity giant PLN is slated to receive Rp 9.6 trillion (US$695 million) in state capital injections (PMN) from the government this year to dev

Euis Rita Hartati, Jakarta – The state energy company Pertamina has announced success in producing the refined, bleached, and deodorized palm oil used for 100 percent biofuel, or the s

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Major electricity industry trade unions are considering public protests and strikes to opposite revisions to the 2009 Electrification Law in the controversial

Jakarta – A group made up of activists and regional officials submitted on Friday a request for a judicial review of Indonesia's mining law at the Constitutional Court, arguing there h

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – State-owned oil and gas giant Pertamina has reaffirmed plans to phase out pollutive fuels but a top executive has made clear that the company will not do so u

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Indonesian households have seen abnormal electricity bills for the third consecutive month, likely a result of the accumulation of monthly charges in state el

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Investment in the mining industry is expected to fall short by US$4.74 billion this year, 40 percent of the initial target, as a result of delays in several s

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Miners in Indonesia, the world's top coal exporting country, have decided to cut domestic production by 50 million tons this year in their bid to increase glo

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Hydropower plants developers have expressed their concerns over the decision of state-owned PLN, their plants' offtaker, to place a cap on power production am

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The government has yet to compensate state-owned oil and gas giant Pertamina Rp 96.5 trillion (US$6.8 billion) for fuel subsidies given to the poor from 2017

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Four gas producers have inked deals to supply gas at below market price to several gas-fired power plants as part of the government's plan to slash billions o

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – State-owned electricity company PLN has slashed its capital expenditure (capex) for this year by almost half to Rp 53.6 trillion (US$3.7 billion) from an init

Freeport Indonesia, operator of Grasberg, the world's second-biggest copper mine, is on track shift to all-underground mining by 2022, its chief executive said on Sunday.

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – According to a copy obtained by The Jakarta Post, Jokowi signed Law No.

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – A newly secured loan of $300 million for Indonesia to boost its geothermal energy generation will be wasted amid a glut of cheap coal power, and also could con

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – PT North Sumatra Hydro Energy (NSHE) might delay the completion of the Rp 22 trillion (US$1.5 billion) Batang Toru hydropower plant (PLTA) in North Sumatra be

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – State-owned electricity company PLN says it has yet to receive compensation worth billions of dollars from the government for offering power to customers belo

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Ministry expects Indonesia to meet a geothermal energy milestone in 2030 instead of 2025 because of the country's unfa

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Social media users, known in Indonesia as "buzzers", have steered discourse in Indonesia following customer complaints against state-owned electricity firm PLN

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Consumers have criticized state-owned electricity firm PLN for a significant spike in electricity bills in June resulting from a new billing method and increa

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has expressed its opposition to granting Indonesian coal miners' request to relax coal royalty payments amid the COV

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – State-owned electricity company PLN will relax bill payments this month for household customers whose bills spiked because of the company's flawed new bill-ca

Mark Tan, Clarice Chiam and Donavan Lim, Singapore – Southeast Asia's largest buyer of gasoline, Indonesia, has taken another step toward lowering its overall oil purchasing costs by r

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Nationwide fuel consumption during this year's Idul Fitri period was 31.2 percent below the normal level as the government had banned the traditional mudik (e

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Pertamina Hulu Mahakam (PHM), a subsidiary of state-owned oil company Pertamina, is opening up a new oil and gas field in the country to find new reserves des

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Indonesian coal miners are struggling with slow demand this year as businesses in India, one of the country's major coal markets, hit the brakes due to a prol