Industry Newsletters

The Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources has announced that the Coal to Dimethyl Ether (DME) project will start in 2026, aiming to reduce liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) imports. Currently, Indonesia's LPG consumption is 8.5 million tons per year, with only 1.3 million tons of domestic production, and the annual import...

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), through the Directorate General of Law Enforcement (DGLE), has completed the geo-mapping of illegal and unlicensed mining activities across the country, with the DGLE's director announcing in Jakarta recently that it has identified a number of hotspots for illegal mining. The focus of the monitoring...

The Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources has revealed that Indonesia's 90% downstreaming projects by 2040 will be focused on minerals and coal. This plan is based on the roadmap of the Ministry of Investment and Downstreaming, which aims to increase the added value of raw materials. Nickel exports from...

The Finance Minister recently asked the Directorate General of Customs and Excise to crack down on illegal import activities, focusing on tracking down the people involved rather than just seizing the goods. From January-September 2025, Central Java and Yogyakarta Customs has seized illegal goods worth Rp 39.38 billion...

Indonesia and China signed nine trade cooperation agreements at the 'Indonesia-China Strategic Trade and Investment Opportunities' business forum during Trade Expo Indonesia 2025 (TEI).360 Chinese entrepreneurs participated in the forum. Both sides focused on...

The Minister of Public Works has announced that 50 Strategic Projects of the Nation (PSN) road projects will be promoted to investors through the Government-Private Partnership (KPBU) model. These projects include inter-regional toll roads aimed at boosting the national transportation network...

Indonesia's waste-to-energy industry is in a golden age, with President Prabowo signing Presidential Decree No. 109 of 2025 on October 10, and the industry being activated after the official announcement on the 14th, with 120 companies having signed up to participate, 54 of which are international...

The national waste-to-energy project has attracted the participation of 70 consortia consisting of more than 100 domestic and foreign companies, announced Danantara, the national investment management agency. The project, with a total investment of 91 trillion rupiah, is planned to be implemented in 33 cities, with the first phase covering Jakarta...

The Indonesian government has announced a total ban on the export of all rare earth metals and their by-products, issued by the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, in fulfillment of President Prabowo's directive to tighten the state's control over strategic resources. Indonesia's rare earth resources ...

State investment management agency (BPI) Danantara is set to launch a public tender for the Power from Waste (PLTSa) project in early November 2025, with its CEO promising to ensure transparency in the process. The project aims to address the problem of waste accumulation in major cities and promote energy...