Indonesia: Mining

Indonesia has introduced sweeping reforms requiring all exports of strategic natural resources—including palm oil, coal, and ferroalloys—to be conducted exclusively through a state-owned enterprise. These changes, coupled with revised rules mandating that export proceeds be deposited in state-owned banks, fundamentally reshape the commercial landscape for producers, traders, and financiers operating in Indonesia's natural resources sector.

Indonesia's Ministry of Environment ("MOE") has issued a significant new regulation aimed at strengthening environmental safeguards in the mining sector.

On 18 February 2025, the Indonesian Parliament approved a new bill on the fourth amendment to Law No. 4 of 2009 on Mineral and Coal Mining ("Fourth Amendment Bill") as lastly amended by Law No. 6 of 2023 on Stipulation of Government Regulation in Lieu of Law No. 6 of 2023 on Job Creation into Law ("Law 4/2009").

Eva Armila, our Partner, recently addressed the Djakarta Mining Club on the pressing topic of "Indonesian Regulations Impacting Miners."

In October 2023, the Indonesian government issued Presidential Regulation No. 70 of 2023 on Land Allocation for Investment Arrangement ("PR 70/2023").

On October 16, 2023, the President of Republic of Indonesia issued Presidential Regulation No. 70 of 2023 on Land Allocation for Investment Arrangement ("PR 70/2023").

Indonesia's acting Director General of Mining and Coal ("DGMC") has issued a letter to the country's provincial Governors to emphasize that the moratorium on the issuance of new mining...

The official text of the amendment to Indonesia's Mining Law (Law No. 4 of 2009) finally became available to the public last week as Law No. 3 of 2020.

Indonesia's House of Representatives has passed a long-awaited amendment to the Mining Law, which promises to introduce significant changes to the sector and how mining companies operate in the country.