Peraturan Menteri Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral 6/2026 (Peraturan Menteri Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral Nomor 6 Tahun 2026 tentang Perubahan atas Peraturan Menteri Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral Nomor 17 Tahun 2025 tentang Tata Cara Penyusunan, Penyampaian, dan Persetujuan Rencana Kerja dan Anggaran Biaya serta Tata Cara Pelaporan Pelaksanaan Kegiatan Usaha Pertambangan Mineral dan Batubara) is an Indonesian ministerial regulation that amends the 2025 rules on the annual work plan and budget (Rencana Kerja dan Anggaran Biaya, RKAB) of mineral and coal mining businesses. It was signed by the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources in Jakarta on 8 June 2026 and promulgated on 12 June 2026, the date on which it took effect.^[1][2] It belongs to the body of rules described at mining and energy regulation in Indonesia.

The regulation makes three changes to Permen ESDM 17/2025. It rewrites the list of matters that production-stage permit holders must cover in their quarterly reports, adding the implementation of coal blending; it replaces the provision on correcting errors in RKAB decisions; and it inserts two articles that make coal blending (pencampuran batubara) subject to the Minister's prior approval.^[3][4][5]

CRPG's regulatory tracker reported the regulation in July 2026 as creating a licensing route for coal blending within the RKAB system.^[6]

¶ Background

Under the preamble, the regulation was issued to ensure the reliability of coal supply for domestic electricity and industry, on the view that coal blending in coal mining businesses must be carried out accountably to protect coal quality and state revenue. The preamble records that Permen ESDM 17/2025 needed refinement on two points: the obligation to report blending activity, and the administrative correction of RKAB evaluations.^[7]

The regulation cites as its legal basis, among others, the mineral and coal mining law, UU 4/2009, as last amended by UU 2/2025; Peraturan Pemerintah 96/2021 on the conduct of mineral and coal mining business, as last amended by PP 39/2025; Peraturan Presiden 55/2022 on the delegation of mining business licensing; and Peraturan Presiden 169/2024 on the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources. The ministries law it cites, UU 39/2008, is cited as amended by UU 61/2024.^[7:1]

¶ Provisions

¶ Quarterly reporting

The amended Pasal 19 ayat (2) obliges holders of a mining business licence (IUP) or special mining business licence (IUPK) at the production-operation stage, and holders of an IUPK issued as the continuation of a former contract or agreement, to submit a periodic report every three months to the Minister or the governor according to their authority. The report covers fourteen matters, among them the implementation of the RKAB, mining wastewater quality, conservation, mining accidents, reclamation, the management of water in mining areas and geotechnical monitoring. Three items are confined to coal: the implementation of coal blending by holders that have received blending approval, and, for IUPK holders continuing a former coal contract or agreement, the implementation of the tax and non-tax state revenue treatment and of development or utilisation activities.^[3:1]

¶ Correction of RKAB decisions

The replaced Pasal 33 provides that where an administrative error or an evaluation error by the Minister or the governor occurs in the process of issuing an approval or refusal of an RKAB, the Minister or the governor, according to their authority, may correct it.^[4:1]

¶ Coal blending approval

The inserted Pasal 34A allows a production-stage IUP or IUPK holder, an IUPK holder continuing a coal contract or agreement, or a holder of a coal contract of work (PKP2B) that already has an approved RKAB to blend coal in order to meet a particular coal specification, but only after obtaining the Minister's approval. The application is filed with the Minister through the information system. It must be accompanied at least by the RKAB approvals of the owners of the base coal and of the blending coal; copies of the signed contracts for the purchase of the blending coal and the sale of the blended product; certificates of analysis of both coals from a surveyor registered with the directorate general responsible for mineral and coal supervision; and a simulation of the coal specification before and after blending, covering calorific value on an as-received and air-dried basis, sulphur, moisture and ash content.^[5:1]

The Minister evaluates the application and approves or refuses it. An approval is given for the term of the RKAB approval, and a refusal must state its reasons.^[5:2] Pasal 34B leaves further guidance on the application, evaluation and approval of coal blending to a Decision of the Minister (Keputusan Menteri).^[8]

¶ Entry into force

Pasal II brings the regulation into force on the date of promulgation. The closing formula in the held text records the signing in Jakarta on 8 June 2026, but leaves the promulgation date and the State Gazette (Berita Negara) number blank.^[1:1] The legislation database of the Directorate General of Legislation of the Ministry of Law records the regulation as promulgated on 12 June 2026 in Berita Negara 2026 No. 384, so it took effect on that day.^[2:1] The regulation contains no transitional provision.^[1:2]

¶ See also

• Permen ESDM 9/2026
• Permen ESDM 7/2026
• Kepmen ESDM 344.K/MB.01/MEM.B/2025

¶ External links

• Permen ESDM No. 6 Tahun 2026 (Directorate General of Legislation, peraturan.go.id)
• CRPG: Coal Blending Approval in Mining Work Plans: PERMENESDM 6/2026 (crpg.id, 13 July 2026) (free sign-in required on crpg.id)

¶ References