New Primary Guidelines for Mineral and Coal-Mining Business Activities

The Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (“ Minister ”) recently issued a set of “ultimate” guidelines for upstream and downstream mineral and coal-mining business activities through the issuance of Regulation No. 25 of 2018 on Minerals and Coal-Mining Businesses (“ Regulation 25/2018 ”). [1] Prior to the issuance of Regulation 25/2018, minerals and coal-mining provisions were previously regulated under the following regulations (“ Previous Regulations ”): [2]