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Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Efforts to plug a leaking oil well in the waters off Karawang regency, West Java, have reached 99.8 percent completion, according to state upstream energy com

Sydney – The 2 billion AUD (1.4 billion USD) Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific (AIFFP) is negotiating with Timor Leste on the financing of a gas pipeline wor

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry decided this month to increase mining company Freeport Indonesia's copper concentrate export quota to 700,000 wet me

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – State-owned electricity firm PLN has enlisted the help of the Indonesian Military (TNI) to safeguard its Java-Bali 500-kilovolt overhead transmission line

Jakarta – Global rating agency Moody's Investors Service believes Indonesia is unlikely to achieve its renewable energy target by 2025 and expects coal to continue to dominate the coun

Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has announced that Indonesia will stop nickel exports as of Jan.

Rangga Prakoso, Jakarta – The government has issued a new rule that would ban exports of nickel ore from next year, as part of a latest attempt to boost processing capacity in the loca

James Massola, Dili – Senior figures from the East Timorese government and opposition say they would welcome Chinese investment in the huge Tasi Mane infrastructure project, which incl

Sapri Maulana, Jakarta – The East Kalimantan Mining Advocacy Network (JATAM) openly doubts the commitment of Coordinating Minister of Maritime Affairs Luhut Panjaitan to curb the minin

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Vale Indonesia, the country's largest nickel producer, said the government's planned ore export ban will give the country a strategic advantage and bring positive

Kate Walton – Air pollution is worsening in Jakarta and West Java, while tens of millions of people experienced a day-long blackout earlier this month after gas-powered electricity gen

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has renewed his call to accelerate the development of palm oil-derived biodiesel in his State of the Nation address on Friday, claiming this wo

Jakarta – Indonesia may require an estimated $15 billion in investment to meet its target of reaching 7.2 gigawatts (GW) of geothermal power capacity by 2025 and is studying ways to re

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said he wanted to increase the portion of diesel blended with crude palm oil (CPO) from the current 20 percent (B20) to

Jakarta (Antara) – The major blackout that paralyzed Jakarta, West Java, and Banten on Sunday, August 4, resulted in a class-action lawsuit submitted by the Indonesian Young Advocates

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Police will look at the possibility of sabotage in their investigation of the cause of the massive electricity blackout that affected the greater Jakarta area

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry says it has received a commitment from the Finance Ministry and the Environment and Forestry Ministry to

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – Transportation and telecommunications affected by a major blackout in West Java, Banten and Greater Jakarta have begun to operate normally, althoug

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – State electricity firm PLN plans to compensate at least 21.3 million customers, including businesses, for the losses they suffered because of an ho

Carlos Ky Paath, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo visited the head office of state-owned utility company Perusahaan Listrik Negara on Monday to demand an explanation for Sunday

Jakarta – Residents in Gondrong, Cipondoh, Tangerang, Banten, have illegally tapped water supply lines of city-owned tap water company PDAM Tirta Benteng arguing they were in experienc

James Massola, Jakarta – A massive power failure has hit the Indonesian capital of Jakarta and surrounding cities, potentially affecting more than 30 million people.

Meaghan Tobin – Many saw it as the latest example of China's growing diplomatic and economic clout in the 17-year-old nation, which lies just 500km off the north coast of Australia.

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – State electricity firm PLN has estimated that the coal use for electricity generation in Indonesia will increase by around 12 percent this year due

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – The Indonesian Solar Energy Association (AESI) has criticized the issuance of four ministerial regulations that it claims do not support the govern

Jakarta – Gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) sold less copper and gold in the first half of 2019, decreasing to almost half the amount sold during the same period last

Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) has called on the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry to create a more transparent mechanism in the decision-making process for investment in

Anne Barker and Michael Barnett in Suai, Timor-Leste – At the Xanana Gusmao International Airport on Timor-Leste's picturesque south coast, a morning flight comes in to land.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Petroleum Association (IPA) welcomes the government's plan to revise Energy and Mineral Resources Ministerial Decree No.

Jakarta – A lawmaker's revival of an idea to build a nuclear power plant in Indonesia has triggered public debate over the pros and cons of the technology, particularly about its safet

Hui Min Lee Fred Wang, Singapore – The fate of seven major Indonesian thermal coal producers is hanging in the balance amid government regulation uncertainties after a mining contract

Jakarta – Many renewable energy projects approved by the government are still facing uncertainty as many have so far failed to attract investors.

Nithin Coca – Indonesia's anti-corruption watchdog has accused the head of the state-owned electricity distribution monopoly of facilitating bribery, linking him to a case that has led

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – Three coal mines in Kalimantan operated by PT Tanito Harum have to suspend operations after the government revoked the firm's extended contract tha

Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Ignasius Jonan has said the increase in oil and gas imports was triggered by the significant increase in consumption, while domestic pro

Vindry Florentin, Jakarta – The government plans to increase electricity tariffs for 12 non-subsidized groups starting in 2020.

Nusa Dua, Indonesia – Indonesian coal miners said upcoming regulatory changes are putting added pressure on their businesses amid depressed prices and rising competition from other ene

Jakarta – The revenues of state-owned mining holding company Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) increased 17.38 percent year-on-year (yoy) to Rp 17.48 trillion (US$1.23 billion) in th

Helen Davidson – Timor-Leste's state-owned gas company has rejected reports it is set to take a $16bn loan from China's Exim bank to finance the Greater Sunrise project.

Servio Maranda, Jakarta – Indonesian Mineral Sand Processing and Miners Association (Atomindo) said that the Energy Ministry's Regulation No.

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, JAKARTA – State mining holding company PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) has booked total assets of Rp 162 trillion (US$11.44 billion), about 600 percen

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Three miners died after a landslide hit an illegal tin mine in a village in Central Bangka, a district in the Bangka Belitung Islands province, on Tuesday.

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – The government owes state energy holding company Pertamina US$3.1 billion for selling Premium gasoline, Solar diesel fuel and kerosene below market

Dion Bisara, Jakarta – Freeport Indonesia, the country's largest gold and copper mining company, will start discussions after Idul Fitri next month with 15 local and foreign banks inte

Wahyu Setiawan, Jakarta – Civil society organisation activists held a protest action in front of the offices of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM).

Theresia Sufa, Bogor, West Java – Five people have died after being buried by landslides at an illegal gold mine on Mount Pongkor, Bantar Karet village, Nanggung district, Bogor, West

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – Indonesia is finding it challenging to reach this year's oil and gas lifting target, as the oil depletion rate – or "natural decline" – was higher

Muhamad Al Azhari, Jakarta – Indonesian coal miners are facing regulatory and economic challenges that may potentially hurt their earnings, international rating agency Moody's Investor

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – The Indonesian coal price reference (HBA) has continued to decline this month due to shrinking market demand to US$81.86 per ton, or a month-to-mon