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Jakarta – Civil society groups have slammed the police's handling of an anti-mining rally in Merigi Kelindang, Central Bengkulu, at the weekend after four local residents were shot and two police o

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Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – Oil imports will swell to more than US$40 billion in 2019 from the current value of $15 billion, as domestic supply continues to fall amid lack of exploration while demand

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Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The government should exclude mining permit (IUP) holders as potential beneficiaries of a planned tax amnesty, NGOs have demanded, arguing that hundreds of them had evad

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government should move away from its dependency on dirty coal to cleaner renewable energy if it is to meet its ambitious capacity target to install 35 gigawatts (G

Venidora Oliveira – With oil production in Kitan and Bayu-Undan is in steep decline, there are calls for the Timorese government to boost state revenue by developing other sectors.

Fedina S. Sundaryani – Oil and gas companies are increasingly reluctant to keep exploring for new deposits as oil prices remain at an all-time low.

Palu – Twenty-one illegal gold miners are receiving hospital treatment after a clash with hundreds of police officers and forest rangers near Lore Lindu National Park in Poso regency, Central Sulaw

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The National Nuclear Energy Agency (Batan) has encouraged the government to provide more funding and ease regulatory processes for the construction of the country's first nuc

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – Environmental activists have found indications that police and military personnel have been involved in illegal gold mining in the Lore Lindu National Park (TNLL) in the Pos

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Despite slow progress on the construction of new smelters due to weak commodity markets, the government insists it will not relax rules that prohibit the export of raw m

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – With coal prices continuing to decline, Indonesia will struggle to provide the coal needed to fire up its power stations in the near future, a study predicts.

Ayomi Amindoni, Business – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has ordered members of his administration working in the energy sector to immediately increase fuel stocks to maximize benefits from the pl

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – The government may yet again shelve its plan to impose a complete ban on raw material exports after acknowledging slow progress in the nation's smelter development.

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – State revenues are estimated to fall between Rp 67 trillion (US$4.91 billion) and Rp 100 trillion this year, as declining global oil prices gnaw away at the state's coff

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – The government is revising the regulation on the assessment of smelter development, connected to leniency in export permits, as part of its efforts to support mining fir

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – The continuing decline in crude oil prices will mean that Indonesia will not meet its national oil production target this year and output will likely fall by nine percen

Palu – Commission III of the Central Sulawesi Provincial Legislative Council (DPRD) says mining companies in North Morowali regency have failed to reforest 90 hectares of former concession areas.

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – State-owned power firm PLN has set a high sales target this year, despite the company reporting lackluster growth last year.

Ina Parlina and Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – The government decided on Monday to postpone a plan to impose a levy on sales of fossil-based fuels amid growing controversy over the idea.

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The government should consult with the House of Representative before imposing a fuel levy as such a levy had no legal basis and could even spark a political uproar, accor

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The government has promised tax allowances and other incentives for much-needed investment in oil refineries to speed up development, as stipulated in the late

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – Amid the planned overhaul of mining rules, legal experts and business players are urging for clarity and consistency in new regulations that would replace th

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Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – The government will put more oil and gas blocks up for bidding next year despite little interest from business players in previous offerings amid low prices

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara is set to resume exports following a nearly two-month hiatus after the mining company secured a recommendation for an extension of e

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Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – Investment in energy, mining, oil and gas exploration and production activities will likely fall far below the government's target this year as investors are holding off

Jakarta – Police in East Java have charged 18 people in connection with the death of a farmer who had been leading a protest against mining activities in his village.

Jakarta – The government has recently rejuvenated a plan to build mega nuclear power plants (PLTN) in the country as it has cooperated to expand knowledge on nuclear technologies and management.

Lani Pujiastuti, Bogor – Currently there are 10,922 companies holding Mining Business Permits (IUPs) in Indonesia. Of this total, only 29 percent pay tax.

Mataram – Hundreds of people seeking jobs at PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara (NNT) staged a rally on Monday, blocking the main access road to the company's Batu Hijau mining site in Sekongkang, West Sumba

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Melanie Burton & Michael Taylor, Melbourne/Jakarta – Indonesian tin smelters are finding it harder to get credit from banks and trading houses after a Singapore-based firm failed to deliver som

Michael Taylor, Jakarta – Nationalistic policies imposed by Indonesia's previous administration – including a ban on unprocessed mineral exports – threw the resources sector into turmoil last year.

Jenny Denton, Murung Raya, Central Kalimantan – Villagers in remote Central Kalimantan have lodged a claim for legal title to 1,000 hectares of land within BHP Billiton's vast IndoMet coal project

Jenny Denton, Murung Raya, Central Kalimantan – Residents of the village of Maruwei in Central Kalimantan claim they were tricked and intimidated in relation to BHP Billiton's acquisition of an are

Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry revealed on Friday that its plans to build 5,000-megawatt (MW) nuclear power plants in the country were still on.

Rangga Prakoso, Jakarta – Companies thinking of investing in smelters in Indonesia to comply with local mineral export regulations may have to reconsider their plans in light of a new bill set for

Raras Cahyafitri and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – On government orders, Pertamina is canceling plans to hike non-subsidized fuel prices, raising questions on the state-owned oil company's independence.

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesia has increased the price of subsidized gasoline again in line with its fixed-subsidy plan, but the price is significantly lower than its actual market price,

Angela Macdonald-Smith – Japanese oil and gas producer Inpex Corporation has written down the value of its Kitan oil field in the Timor Sea after the plunge in crude oil prices, signalling the decl

Singapore – Indonesia's state-owned Pertamina is seeking up to 9,600 kilolitres, or more than 60,000 barrels, of diesel and gasoline for delivery into Timor Leste, a tender document showed on Frida

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry is urging copper miner PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara to complete negotiations over the amendment of the firm's contract of work (CoW

Tabita Diela, Jakarta – Indonesia's Investment Coordinating Board, or BKPM, has vowed to accelerate land clearing and power generation permits to support nine investment projects worth a combined $

Venidora Oliveira – Member of the National Parliament MP Anastacia da Costa Amaral claims some 85 percent of rural Timorese are not familiar with the prepaid electricity system set up by the EDTL E

Brasilia – The Angolan state-owned oil company, Sonangol, has been invited to carry out prospecting and exploration for oil in Timor Leste.