Jayapura, Jubi – Menuel John Magal, the Director of the Amungme Indigenous Peoples Community Institution (LEMASA), has stated that in June 2023, they wrote a letter to the Ministry of E

Indonesia's coal production hit a record high of 775.2 million mt in 2023, exceeding the target of 694 million mt set earlier by the government, according to MINERBA One Data (MODI) mad

Vinnilya, Jakarta – Indonesian miners are grappling with the decreasing nickel prices, approaching their lowest level since 2021.

Alfi Dinilhaq, Cilegon – The hydrocarbon gas liquids (HGL) compound released from the smokestack of the Chandra Asri Pacific plant on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, has been declared safe.

Ikhsan Reliubun, Jakarta – A senior researcher at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Deni Friawan, responded to vice presidential candidate Gibran Rakabuming Rak

Jakarta – It is a disappointment to learn the government has chosen to abandon the 23 percent renewable target in the national energy mix that it was supposed to achieve by 2025.

Bernadette Christina, Jakarta – Indonesia aims to triple its biomass consumption in power generation to 2.83 million metric tons in 2024, from 991,000 tons consumed last year in an effo

Jakarta – Mining activity at a nickel industrial park linked to mainly Chinese companies has contributed to mass deforestation in Indonesia, a non-governmental group said in a report.

Resty Woro Yuniar – A new report accuses a massive China-funded nickel industrial complex in Indonesia's Maluku province of causing "significant" environmental destruction and existenti

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Indonesia is planning to slash the targeted share of renewables in the national energy mix, a move seen by experts as a step back in the country's ambition towar

Tempo.Co, Jakarta – The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) is allocating Rp186.9 trillion for this year's energy subsidy budget.

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Indonesia is aiming to have 15 oil and gas projects come on stream this year, as the country eyes more investment in the sector.

Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Jakarta – Investments in Indonesia's energy and mineral resources sector increased by 11%, reaching $30.3 billion (Rp 471 trillion), compared to the $27 billion

Jakarta – Indonesia reached an electrification rate of 99.78 percent in 2023, coming close to the government's target of achieving 100 percent access to electricity for all households.

Tempo.Co, Jakarta – State power company PLN recorded electricity sales volume in 2023 reaching 285.23 terawatt hours (TWh).

Agnes Valentina Christa, Jakarta – All three vice-presidential candidates are expected to introduce initiatives that will steer Indonesia away from its heavy reliance on commodity trade

Arif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – Executive Director of Traction Energy Asia Tommy Pratama said that energy transition is at risk of climate-damaging land grabbing.

Mutia Yuantisya, Jakarta – The Indonesian Crude Price or ICP in December 2023 plunged to US$75.51 per barrel, a US$4.12 drop compared to November's ICP.

Bogor, West Java – Indonesia's commitment to reach net-zero emissions by 2060 or sooner will be supported by the country's massive renewable energy potential, but developing this must b

Jakarta – The occupational safety and health (OSH) standard at the nickel-focused Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) is under scrutiny after explosions blasted in Tsinghan subsid

Antara, Jakarta – State-owned utility company PLN is repurposing its electric poles into public electric vehicle charging stations (SPKLU).

Ayos Carlos, Jakarta – Some Pertamina gas stations are implementing restrictions on subsidized fuel purchases, raising concerns about fuel shortage.

Muhammad Fakhruddin, Morowali – The death toll from a workplace accident at Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel (ITSS) in Morowali Regency, Central Sulawesi, has increased to 20 individ

Yohanes Maharso Joharsoyo, Jakarta – A member of the Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar (AMIN) campaign team's expert council, Fadhil Hasan, raised concerns about the government's downstr

Tempo.co, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has pressed for strengthening audits and investigations on smelter facilities in the mining industry as a preventive measure against i

Ade Ridwan Yandwiputra, Jakarta – The nickel smelter of PT Gunbuster Nickel Industri (GNI) in North Morowali, Southeast Sulawesi, caught fire again on Thursday, Dec. 28.

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Indonesia, like most other countries, has committed to cutting carbon emissions by relying less on coal and more on renewable sources of energy, but the past yea

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – The government expects an uptrend in underground mining to take hold in the country as surface mineral reserves continue to decline.

During a recent trip to Japan, Timor-Leste Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao signalled that his country is open to Chinese companies as potential partners for the Greater Sunrise offshore na

Jauhari Mahardhika & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Global carmaker Ford Motor Company has acquired an 8.5 percent stake in the Indonesian nickel mining firm, Kolaka Nickel Indonesia, f

Antara, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan revealed that a large lithium reserve found in the Indonesian territory can support t

BeritaSatu, Morowali, Central Sulawesi – Indonesian authorities have halted the operations of Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel (ITSS), a Chinese-funded nickel and steel processing co

Monique Handa Shafira, Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Arifin Tasrif on Friday called for the increased utilization of domestic gas reserves while aiming to curtail the

Yohana Belinda, Jakarta – Nine new renewable energy projects worth a combined Rp 51 trillion have seen their financing dry up as a result of international lenders' unwillingness to meet

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – State-owned oil and gas firm Pertamina is planning to make an investment worth $900 million in Algeria over the next decades, according to Foreign Minister

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Ministry announced that only registered users will be able to purchase subsidized 3 kg LPG canisters starting from January

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has begun studies to map the potential of rare earth minerals in domestic coal and is also considering other ways to in

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Indonesia is expected to see the lowest investment realization in renewable energy projects in six years, despite the country's aim to decarbonize its electricit

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Experts say a planned revision of the government's green taxonomy causes uncertainty for Indonesia's energy transition as it excludes the "red" category and swit

James Guild – With the recent release of its Comprehensive Investment and Policy Plan, Indonesia now has a roadmap for its Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP).

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – Co-captain of the Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar (Amin) campaign team, Thomas Lembong assessed that the nickel downstream policy introduced by President Joko Wi

Hans Nicholas Jong, Malinau, Indonesia – Indonesia's newly revised energy transition plan includes a more stringent limit on carbon emissions, an increase in the share of renewable ener

Dessy Sagita, Marchio Gorbiano – Sania sits in front of her home in Indonesia, less than a kilometer from Southeast Asia's biggest coal complex, where chimneys pump dark gray smoke and

Dubai – Indonesia and the Asian Development Bank have agreed a provisional deal with the owners of the Cirebon-1 coal-fired power plant to shutter it almost seven years earlier than pla

Fathul Rakhman, East Lombok, Indonesia – Takdir spent years protesting against the sand mine by his home on the east coast of Lombok, an island east of Bali in Indonesia's West Nusa Ten

Jakarta – Indonesia's oil and gas lifting is expected to come in below target this year due to disruptions like a pipe leakage and a fire at a power cable, the country's upstream oil an

Jakarta – The Indonesian Coal Mining Association (ICMA) expects the country's 2023 coal output to surpass the official target of 695 million metric tons, a group official said on Wednes

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Indonesia must reconsider its coal price cap policy to expedite renewable energy development in the country, according to analysts.

Jakarta – When Indonesia's Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) Secretariat officially released its delayed Comprehensive Investment and Policy Plan (CIPP) last Tuesday, nobody was

Tempo.Co, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto promised that he would stop importing fuel oil (BBM) if he was elected president in the upcoming 2024 elections.