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        "id": 1637194,
        "msgid": "bahlil-opens-opportunities-for-measured-relaxation-of-coal-and-nickel-production-quotas-1774543873",
        "date": "2026-03-26 22:58:56",
        "title": "Bahlil opens opportunities for measured relaxation of coal and nickel production quotas",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Energy",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Bahlil Lahadalia, has indicated a willingness to implement measured relaxations to the 2026 production quotas for coal and nickel, contingent on the continued stability of elevated commodity prices driven by the US-Israel-Iran conflict. This potential adjustment follows significant price surges, with coal exceeding $130 per ton, aiming to balance supply-demand while optimising state revenues amid global energy market disruptions. The move aligns with President Prabowo Subianto's directive to capture windfall profits from rising energy prices to bolster the national budget strained by Middle East geopolitical tensions.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources\n(ESDM), Bahlil Lahadalia, has opened the possibility of implementing a\nmeasured relaxation to the production quotas for coal and nickel, in\nlight of the rising commodity prices due to the war between the United\nStates (US)-Israel and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the prices remain stable, that\u2019s good; we will make a relaxation\nto the production planning, but it will be measured,\u201d Bahlil stated\nduring a briefing, as quoted from the Presidential Secretariat\u2019s YouTube\nchannel, monitored from Jakarta on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of ESDM has set the 2026 coal production quota at around\n600 million tonnes, a reduction of approximately 190 million tonnes\ncompared to the 2025 realisation of 790 million tonnes.<\/p>\n<p>For nickel ore, the production limit has been lowered to 250-260\nmillion tonnes from the 2025 Work Plan and Budget (RKAB) of 379 million\ntonnes.<\/p>\n<p>This trimming is based on the imbalance between supply and demand for\ncoal and nickel in the international market, particularly throughout\n2025.<\/p>\n<p>That imbalance caused coal prices to touch $97.65 per tonne in the\nsecond period of July 2025.<\/p>\n<p>However, the outbreak of the war between the US-Israel and Iran has\ncaused coal prices to rocket from below $120 per tonne to exceeding $130\nper tonne within approximately one week at the beginning of March\n2026.<\/p>\n<p>The current rise in coal prices is triggered by disruptions to crude\noil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) distribution in the international\nmarket.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe pray that coal prices are good, nickel prices are good, and then\nwe will carry out a measured relaxation. What is meant by measured\nrelaxation is limited and still maintains the stability of supply and\ndemand, and prices,\u201d Bahlil said.<\/p>\n<p>It was previously reported that Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto\nhas instructed the optimisation of state revenues from coal commodities\nto capture sudden profits (windfall profit) amid the rise in global\nenergy prices, as a strategy to strengthen the state budget posture\npressured by geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>As a follow-up, the government plans to promptly revise the 2026 Coal\nWork Plan and Budget (RKAB) to adjust production targets and\nrevenues.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/bahlil-opens-opportunities-for-measured-relaxation-of-coal-and-nickel-production-quotas-1774543873",
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