Overview  

As previously addressed in the first part of this two-part edition of Indonesian Law Digest (“ILD”), Regulation of the Government No. 96 of 2021 on the Organization of Mineral and Coal-Mining Business Activities (“Regulation  96/2021”) was recently issued in order to accommodate and elaborate upon the various updates addressed under Law No. 3 of 2020 and Law No. 11 of 2020, which in turn amended Law No. 4 of 2009 on Minerals and Coal Mining (collectively referred to as the “Mining Law”).[1] Prior to the issuance of Regulation 96/2021, provisions that addressed mining business activities set under the unamended version of the 2009 Mining Law were elaborated upon under the now-repealed[2] Regulation of the Government No. 23 of 2010 on the Organization of Mineral and Coal-Mining Business Activities and its various amendments[3] (collectively referred to as “Regulation 23/2010”).