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View all search resultsPertamina made its first purchase of crude oil produced by a community-managed operation in Jambi, since a 2025 ministerial regulation was enacted to formalize previously illegal small-scale operators.
This practice has pushed several miners out of business, according to the association, while others that have remained operational either have the large-scale capacity to do so or are simply operating to keep equipment running and preserve jobs.
The government’s downstreaming agenda must be supported by industrialization, but the pace of industrialization in Southeast Asia’s largest economy is decreasing, especially in sectors utilizing processed goods from the mining industry.
The government apparently sees no problem with local miners importing nickel ore for further processing at their smelters, with the APNI warning that the current expansion in smelters could quickly deplete domestic reserves.
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