Mining & Energy

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January 2024

Analysis/Indonesia
Halmahera Post – January 29, 2024

Ternate – The North Maluku Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi), the Halmahera Study Forum (FOSHAL), the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) and Trend Asia have revealed the adverse effects caused by nickel

Analysis/Indonesia
Arah Juang – January 22, 2024

Sharon Muller – On Monday January 7 mass actions were launched in several cities across Indonesia demanding the release of human rights defenders Fatia Maulidiyanti and Haris Azhar, who were being tried on charges of defamation.

News/West Papua
Suara Papua – January 9, 2024

Jayapura – The Papuan people and the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) in the Meepago area have welcomed the acquittal of Haris Azhar and Fatia Maulidiyanti who were found not guilty by the East Jakarta District Court on Monday January 8.

December 2023

News/Indonesia
Media Sulteng – December 27, 2023

Bahodopi – The Association of Organisations (Poros) of Mourning Workers held a peaceful demonstration in front of the PT Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) offices in Fatufia Village in Central Sulawesi on Wednesday December 27.

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – December 26, 2023

Jakarta – The PT Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) has been flooded with criticism after a nickel smelter furnace belonging to PT Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel (ITSS) exploded killing 16 workers and injuring dozens more.

September 2023

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – September 23, 2023

Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for Clean Energy says it rejects the inclusion of "new energy" that still originates from fossil fuels in the Draft Law on New and Renewable Energy (RUU EBET).

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – September 23, 2023

Jakarta – A protest action in front of the Pohuwato regent's office in Gorontalo province, on Thursday September 21, has ended in chaos, with protesters torching the regent's office after earlier vandalising the offices of the Pohuwato Regional House of Representatives (DPRD).

June 2023

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – June 1, 2023

Jakarta – Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) coastal and marine campaign manager Parid Ridwanuddin says they oppose the government's decision to revive sea sand dredging and is ready to challenge the policy in court.

May 2023

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – May 16, 2023

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has revealed that land concessions for nickel mining in Indonesia reached 1,037,435.22 hectares in 2022.

Walhi campaign division head Puspa Dewy said that of this total, 765,237.07 hectares are located in forest areas.

March 2023

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas Newspaper – March 8, 2023

Firefighter: When will they learn from experience

Signboard reads "Danger Zone"

In what seems to have become an all too familiar occurrence, on February 3 yet another fire broke out at a facility owned by the state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina.