This Is The Reason The Ministry Of Energy And Mineral Resources Approves The Total Domestic Coal Production Tonnage In 2024 Of 922.14 Million Tons

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) approved that the total tonnage of domestic coal production this year reached 922.14 million tons.

This figure is obtained from the 2024-2026 Work Plan and Budget (RKAB) which is set for 587 companies.

"So from 587 coal RKAB approvals, the total tonnage of coal for 2024 is 922.14 million tons," said Acting Director General of Mineral and Coal of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Bambang Suswantono in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Tuesday, March 19.

He said that in the process of determining the 2024 coal RKAB, his party received 883 applications, 587 of which were approved, 100 applications were returned for revision, 75 were evaluated, and 121 applications were rejected.

According to him, the reason for 121 RKAB from the company was rejected on average was due to problems in Non-Tax State Revenue (PNBP), as well as data problems in the MODI system.

"The number of rejections of RKAB Coal in 2024 is 121 applications with the following reasons for rejection, the first is that SKIUP has run out, namely 8 applications. PNBP as many as 75 applications have not paid PNBP. Then FS and Amdal have 4 applications. MODI/DIRKOM as many as 13 applications, financial problems as many as 8 applications, Community Empowerment Program as many as 11 applications," he said.

Meanwhile, for the total tonnage of coal production in 2025 and 2026, it was 917.16 million tons, and 902.97 million tons, respectively.

Previously, he also said that the construction of 16 integrated mineral refining facilities or smelters in 2024 had an investment value of 11,666 million US dollars or converted to 11.6 billion US dollars.

The 16 smelters consist of seven smelters in the nickel sector, seven smelters for bauxite, one iron sector smelter, and one smelter for the copper industry.

According to him, seven nickel smelters have an investment value of US$2,676 million, and five of them have been operating since 2023.

Meanwhile, the integrated mineral processing facility in the bauxite industry has an investment value of 5,853 million US dollars, an iron smelter investment realization of 51.5 million US dollars, and the largest is the investment value in one copper sector smelter which reaches 3,084 million US dollars.