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.

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

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...