Indonesian government to take over all mining permits from Dec. 11 - World News
2020-12-10 11:05:50 GMT2020-12-10 19:05:50(Beijing Time) Xinhua English JAKARTA, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources will take over all mining permits managed by the provincial administrations beginning Friday. "According to Law Number 3 of 2020 about Minerals and Coal, the licensing authority will shift to the central government, namely the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, six months after the law was enacted," the ministry's Director of Coal Development and Business Sujatmiko said Thursday. The ministry has sent letters to provincial gove...