Mineral Downstreaming Becomes the Favourite, Realisation of Investment in Strategic Sector Reaches Rp147.5 Trillion

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Investment/Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) has announced that the total realisation of downstreaming investments for the first quarter of 2026 amounted to Rp147.5 trillion. This represents a growth of 8.2% compared to the first quarter of 2025, which stood at Rp136.3 trillion.

Investments in the downstreaming sector accounted for 29.6% of the total investment realisation for the first quarter of 2026, which reached Rp498.8 trillion.

“The contribution from investments in sectors related to downstreaming is quite significant and could increase further in the future,” said Minister of Investment/Head of BKPM, Rosal Perkasa Roeslani, during a press conference in Jakarta on Thursday, 23 April 2026.

Of the total Rp147.5 trillion in downstreaming investment realisation, Rp98.3 trillion was for mineral downstreaming. The breakdown includes nickel at Rp41.5 trillion, copper at Rp20.7 trillion, iron and steel at Rp17.0 trillion, bauxite at Rp13.7 trillion, tin at Rp2.5 trillion, and others at Rp2.9 trillion.

Downstreaming of oil and natural gas (migas) amounted to Rp17.7 trillion, consisting of crude oil at Rp13.6 trillion and natural gas at Rp4.1 trillion.

Downstreaming in fisheries and marine sectors reached Rp1.7 trillion. Commodities in this sector include salt, TCT fish (tuna, skipjack, mackerel), shrimp, seaweed, blue swimming crab, and tilapia.

“We see that investments in fisheries and marine downstreaming could increase in the next semester,” said Rosan.

The majority of the downstreaming investment realisations are located outside Java, namely 75.5% or Rp111.4 trillion. The largest are in Southeast Sulawesi at Rp24.1 trillion, North Maluku at Rp18.6 trillion, West Java at Rp13.0 trillion, West Nusa Tenggara at Rp12.9 trillion, and Riau Islands at Rp9.6 trillion.