Indonesia posts $13.9bn in energy, mineral investment in 2025 H1

JAKARTA: Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources announced on Monday that the country's investment realisation in the energy and mineral resources sector rose to $13.9 billion in the first half of 2025, the highest in the last five years.
   
The number increased by 24.1% compared to the same period of last year, which was 11.2 billion dollars.

"The investments are mostly in the coal and gas sectors. The sub-sector with the highest investment realisation was oil and natural gas, with an investment value of $8.1 billion, followed by mineral and coal at $3.1 billion," Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia told a press conference in Jakarta.

Previously, Indonesian Minister of Investment and Downstreaming Rosan Roeslani said that total investment realisation in the second quarter of this year reached 477.7 trillion rupiahs (approximately $29.3 billion), representing an 11.5% year-on-year increase.