Bambang Ismoyo, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia pointed out an irony on Thursday: despite being an oil-producing country, Indonesia rel

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has set an ambitious target to increase crude oil production to between 900,000 and 1 million barrels per day (bpd) by 2028, aiming

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The government is considering granting mining permits to universities, but Chief Social Empowerment Minister Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar said such a plan must be ca

Jakarta – It is not appropriate to hand out mining permits (IUPs) to universities, as planned by the Prabowo Subianto administration.

Antara, Jakarta – A recent executive order by US President Donald Trump rolling back electric vehicle (EV) mandates is likely to disrupt Indonesia's burgeoning EV ecosystem, according t

Jeff Hutton – Last November, at the G20 conference in Rio de Janeiro, Indonesia's new president, Prabowo Subianto, vowed to bring forward by a decade the date at which Southeast Asia's

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – Ruang Setara Project founder Aulia Hakim criticized the DPR's decision to approve the Legislative Body's (Baleg) proposal on the revision of the Law on Minerals a

Syakirun Ni'am, Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – The Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam) believes that the planned revisions to the Mineral and Coal Mining Law (UU Minerba) are a major gateway fo

A House of Representatives' proposal to grant universities mineral and coal mining concessions seeks to make the institutions complicit in environmentally and socially harmful mining pr

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – The Student Executive Board of the University of Indonesia (BEM UI) has rejected the proposal of permission for universities to manage mining, as outlined in

Daniel Ahmad Fajri, Eko Ari Wibowo, Jakarta – Deputy Chairman of the Golkar Party's Central Leadership Council, Ahmad Doli Kurnia Tandjung, hopes that for universities, managing mines c

Indira Rezkisari, Jakarta – Climate activist and founder of Indonesian Climate Justice Literacy, Firdaus Cahyadi, has criticised the government's plan to give mining concessions to tert

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia gave a D rating to the Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka administration in the energy transition sector.

Jakarta – A proposed revision to the Mining Law includes a plan to grant higher education institutions with mineral and coal mining concessions, after policymakers previously granted su

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – Indonesian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia said that the majority or 60 percent of the construction of power plants in the future will b

Hilman Palaon Robert Walker – As the Indonesian province of Southeast Sulawesi transitions into an industrial hub, driven by the burgeoning nickel industry, the region faces a dilemma.

Michaela Guo Ying Lo, Jatna Supriatna dan Matthew Struebig (The Conversation) – Indonesia has produced nearly four times the amount of nickel in recent years compared to a decade earlie

Angelina Tiara Puspitalova, Jakarta – Indonesia, an archipelago blessed with abundant natural resources, including oil and natural gas, remains an importer of oil.

Macquarie Group has warned that potential cuts in nickel production from Indonesian mines could result in the loss of more than a third of global supply from the market.

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Bambang Ismoyo, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is formulating a new energy subsidy scheme to better target assistance toward those who need it most, Energy and Min

Fidelis Eka Satriastanti – During the G20 Summit in Rio De Janeiro in November, Indonesia's new president, Prabowo Subianto, issued a bold statement: Indonesia will retire all coal-fire

Antara, Jakarta – The executive board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU), Indonesia's largest Islamic organization, has announced the establishment of a limited liability company, Berkah Usaha M

Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – Indonesia's oil production has shown significant improvement over the past two months, reaching 600,000 barrels of oil per day (BOPD) in November and December

Fabby Tumiwa, Jakarta – During his first overseas visit last November, President Prabowo Subianto made two important statements highlighting Indonesia's ambitions for an energy transiti

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – Attorney General Sanitiar Burhanuddin announced on Thursday that five companies have been named corporate criminal suspects for their alleged involvement in an

Tria Dianti and Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Jakarta – Indonesia has said it aims to start producing nuclear power by 2032 to meet electricity needs and attain environmental goals althou

Eko Listiyorini – Indonesian consumers, fuel retailers and palm oil producers are facing higher costs from the government's plan to expand its biofuel program after the price of the tro

A study of the Greater Sunrise gas field by British engineering and consulting company John Wood Group has confirmed the viability of developing the project in Timor-Leste.

Alloysius Joko Purwanto and Nuki Agya Utama, Jakarta – Indonesia's abundant agricultural resources present a pivotal opportunity to transition from fossil fuels to bioethanol, a cleaner

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Russia is still waiting for Indonesia to revise the existing regulations before they can proceed with the plan to partner on nuclear power generation, acco

Jakarta – Questions should be asked about the ambition of Prabowo Subianto's administration to start building a nuclear power plant (PLTN) next year.

Alfida Rizki Febrianna, Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia has firmly rejected mining giant Freeport Indonesia's request to export copper concentrates, cit

Alfida Rizki Febrianna, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia has criticized Indonesia's imposition of value-added tax (VAT) on oil and gas e

Yusuf Wahil and Victoria Milko Kabaena, Indonesia – The crystal blue waters that once surrounded Kabaena are murky brown now, and the octopi and colorful fish that locals used to catch

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's second-largest Islamic organization Muhammadiyah will most likely get to manage an old coal mine formerly operated by mining giant Adaro Energy, according

Jakarta – There is no mistaking the signs that the government is getting serious about nuclear energy as a way out of the power supply dilemma.

Andriadi Perdana Putra, Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan – At least three people died after an illegal gold mine collapsed in Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Kalimantan, police said on Wednesday.

Eddie Spence – Indonesia needs to shut multiple coal plants a year while also tripling renewables to meet its new president's ambition of a full phase-out of the fossil fuel by 2040, ac

Sudarshan Varadhan, Singapore – Indonesia is in talks with the United States and Russia about acquiring technology to develop nuclear power plants, a deputy minister told Reuters

Vendro Immanuel G, Jakarta – Chairperson of the Association of Online Ojek Drivers Garda Indonesia, Igun Wicaksono, condemns the statement of Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Ba

Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia has revealed that the new fuel subsidy scheme would involve a combination of subsidized goods and direct cash transfer (

Tiza Mafira Khalifa Akbar – The 2022 G20 Summit marked a turning point for Indonesia's energy transition with the signing of an agreement to explore the early retirement of Cirebon-1 co

Antara, Jakarta – Shell Indonesia, which runs the local operations of the British oil company, has denied closing all of its gas stations in the country.

Antara, Jakarta – Coal mining companies seeking to extend their contracts must establish a downstream industry ecosystem, Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Minister Bahlil Lahadalia s

Vincent Fabian Thomas, Jakarta – The government plans to slash the share of coal-fired power generation in the country's energy mix to just 33 percent, while increasing the contribution

Violet George – In a significant move for Indonesia's energy sector, BP and its partners have committed a $7 billion investment to a groundbreaking project in Papua.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Indonesia, as the world's largest coal exporter, has the potential to play a bigger role in determining global coal prices, the Indonesian Energy, Mineral, and

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesia could be losing up to Rp 1.2 trillion ($75.5 million) monthly due to misdirected electricity subsidies, according to the National Strategy for

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has secured his American counterpart Joe Biden's support to speed up the feasibility study on the development of a small nuclear