Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – Environment watchdog Indonesian Forum for the Environment (WALHI) is calling on the government to immediately stop illegal crude oil drilling act

John McBeth, Jakarta – When the history books are written, there is little question President Joko Widodo will have earned his legacy as the "Infrastructure President," such has been hi

Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has warned mining companies over the sluggish progress on the construction of smelters, which is a requirement under the stipulations

Denpasar – The Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) has again spoken out against the PT Freeport Indonesia gold-and-copper mine in West Papua.

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Jakarta – Deputy Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Arcandra Tahar has said that Indonesia needs to intensify exploration for new oil fields, because the country's proven oil reserve

Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has acknowledged that it can only build less than half of its targeted 1.9 million gas pipelines to cover the household gas network u

Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) has said that ecological damage resulting from PT Freeport Indonesia's (PTFI) mining operations in Papua had caused Rp 185 trillion (US$12.95 bi

Jakarta – State-owned energy company PT Pertamina has estimated that the demand for subsidized 3-kilogram liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) canisters will exceed the quota set by the govern

Indonesia's government collected US$756 million in revenue from the Freeport gold and copper mine in Papua province last year.

Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – The Downstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Agency (BPH Migas) has said it is investigating alleged abuses in the implementation of the single-fuel-price policy, P

Sheany, Jakarta – Indonesia has revoked 186 regulations in the energy and mineral resources sectors that were considered troubling, as the country seeks to improve the investment climat

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Viriya P. Singgih, Jakarta – The government revealed that the progress of its flagship 35,000-megawatt (MW) electricity procurement program had only reached 3.8 percent as of Feb.

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Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has extended the export recommendation for gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia amid sluggish progress in the negotiation of t

Rangga Prakoso, Jakarta – The Indonesian government still has not issued a new copper concentrate export permit for Freeport Indonesia – the largest gold and copper miner in the country

Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has cut 22 regulations on the energy sector in an effort to simplify the business permit issuance process.

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Jakarta – The Indonesian energy subsidy is estimated to reach Rp 127.7 trillion (US$10.22 billion) this year, or 0.2 percent from gross domestic product (GDP), due to increasing global

Jakarta – Deputy Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Arcandra Tahar has said Indonesia plans to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to two South Asian countries – Pakistan and Banglade

Adinda Putri, Jakarta – Indonesian miners will dig out 485 million metric tons of coal at the most in 2018, up 5 percent from last year, according to a projection from the Ministry of E

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The central government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Papua provincial administration and the Mimika regency administration on Fri

Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has said that the government is aiming to achieve a US$17.04 billion investment target in the oil and gas sector.

Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has announced that, as of December 2017, renewable energy contributed to 12.62 percent of the total national electricity supply, exce

Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry said the government had stopped using the state budget to finance renewable energy-based power plant projects, following reports of d

Dion Bisara & Sarah Yuniarni, Jakarta – A four hour power outage in Jakarta on Tuesday (02/01) helped expose chronic vulnerability in the country's basic infrastructure that has pro

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Sarah Yuniarni, Jakarta – Thirteen mining companies have invested a combined $5.03 billion in the construction of nickel smelters during the first 10 months of this year to comply with Indonesian g

Rangga Prakoso, Jakarta – Indonesia's coal production may keep increasing next year with new miners set to start operations, undermining the government's energy security plan.

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Jakarta – The government says 68 renewable energy plants, mostly constructed in remote areas that are not connected to the electricity network of state-owned electricity company PLN, have sustained

Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – Papuan religious figure Pastor John Djonga says that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's one price fuel policy in Papua has yet to run smoothly.

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Nathan Thompson – Ketut Suweni shovels gravel on the slopes of Mt Agung while the volcano spews ash clouds.

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Jakarta – Upstream director Syamsul Alam of state-owned energy firm Pertamina has called on the government to declare that the country is facing an energy crisis, as it is now a net oil importer an

Jakarta – The government is considering increasing the prices of subsidized fuel next year because of the rising global oil prices.

Dhio Faiz, Jakarta – A demonstration held in Jakarta this morning by hundreds of students and youths from the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) and the Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP)

Jakarta – Hundreds of people from the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) and the Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) gathered on Jl.

Wilda Asmarini, Jakarta – The Ministry of State Owned-Enterprises, tipped to oversee an acquisition of a majority stake in the local unit of Freeport-McMoRan, has "no clear structure" yet for the d

Thousands of West Papuans have demonstrated in Jayapura, calling for the closure of the massive Freeport gold mine in Mimika regency.

Jayapura, Jubi – People's Union Front (FPR) requested for PT Freeport in Tembagapura, Timika to be closed.

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Jakarta – State-owned energy company Pertamina has said fuel prices – particularly subsidized gasoline Premium and subsidized diesel fuel Solar – must be increased to avoid further burdening the co

Jakarta – The real reason behind the regrouping policy for customers of of state-owned electricity firm PLN became clear when the PLN president director announced that about 40 percent of electrici

Timor-Leste (East Timor) has other oil deposits with potential for commercial exploration in the Greater Sunrise field, which will guarantee production over the next few decades, the Timorese Prime

Jakarta – Deputy Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Arcandra Tahar has said that nuclear energy is the most expensive of all energy.