Kadin confident RKAB certainty will restore mining sector

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) is confident that certainty over production quotas through the revision of the 2026 Work Plan and Budget (RKAB) can restore the mining sector. “We see it optimistically. This means it is now just a matter of policy,” said Widiyanto Saputro, Deputy Chairman for Membership at Kadin Indonesia, on the sidelines of the Grand Seminar Mining Nation Revolution in Jakarta on Thursday. Widiyanto stated that RKAB certainty has been a focus for Kadin. During Kadin’s Strategic Response Meeting (RSM), he noted, business actors voiced concerns regarding this certainty. According to Kadin’s records, the planned reduction in nickel production in the 2026 RKAB could lead to a potential loss of exports of nickel derivative products amounting to 3.5 to 5 million tonnes. To push for RKAB certainty, Widiyanto said Kadin has held discussions with the government. Kadin has also formulated proposals and input from business actors in general to be conveyed to the government. “This is input for the government. We have quite a number of forums and discussion spaces that we can use to convey this,” Widiyanto said. The statement relates to data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS). BPS recorded that Indonesia’s economy grew 5.29 percent in the second quarter of 2026 compared to the same period last year. This figure is higher than the 5.12 percent growth in the second quarter of 2025, although it slowed from the 5.61 percent growth in the first quarter of 2026. Growth occurred in almost all business fields, except for mining and quarrying, which contracted by 1.64 percent. The mining sector is considered to have slowed down due to production quota restrictions. Meanwhile, the Director General of Mineral and Coal at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Tri Winarno, stated that there would be no additional production quota for nickel, except to meet the needs of smelters that are still experiencing a shortage of nickel supply. Additional coal production quotas, however, were granted to meet the operational needs of state electricity company PT PLN’s (Persero) power plants.