Jakarta – The government has moved to respond to the rejection of nickel mines in Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua. The Ministry of Environment found a number of offenses. The cabinet secretary (Seskab) Teddy Indra Wijaya said the government had followed the problem. Teddy said the government by the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia and the Minister of Environmental Affairs Hanif Faisol took certain steps. He ensured that the government immediately solved the problem of mining activities. “This, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources and the Minister of Environment, took the necessary steps. We immediately contacted and coordinated with each other. We resolved it immediately,” Teddy told reporters on Thursday (6/5/2025). Browse to continue with the contents of the Ministry of Environment, oversee four nickel Raja Ampat minor companies, including PT Gag Nickel (PT GN), Pt Kawei Sejahtera Mining (PT KSM), Pt Anugerah Surya Pratama (PT ASP), and Pt Mulia Raymond Perp). Everyone brought a mining license, but only PT GN, PT KSM and PT ASP have approval for the use of forest areas (PPKH). The results of supervision show various serious violations of environmental regulations and management of small islands. The Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Pt ASP, a foreign investment business from China, has conducted mining activities on Manuran Island that covers an area of ± 746 hectares without environmental management system and without the management of wastewater. At this place, KLH/BPLH has drawn up a warning way pointer as a form of termination of activity. Meanwhile, PT Gag Nickel works on Gag Island with an area of ± 6,030.53 hectares. The two islands are classified as small islands, so that mining activities in it are contrary to the number 1 of 2014 regarding the management of coastal areas and small islands. It was found that PT MRP did not have environmental documents and PPKH in its activities at Batang Pele Island. All exploration activities are stopped. It has been proven that PT KSM opens a mine outside the environmental permit and outside the PPKH area of 5 hectares on Kae Island. The Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia announced the temporary termination of the Nickel Mining Business License (IUP) owned by PT Gag Nickel, a subsidiary of PT Aneka Tambang TBK (Antam) in Raja Ampat Regency, Southwest Papua. He said he would go directly to the location. “God wants, just pray, I have a plan, want to visit the Southwest Papua region and West Papoea,” Bahlil on Friday (6/6/2025) told reporters to Golkar DPP, West Jakarta. Bahlil emphasized that this visit was part of the government’s efforts to ensure that mining activities run according to the terms. PT Gag Nickel IUP has been issued since 2017 Bahlil has explained that IUP has been given to PT Gag Nickel since 2017 and started working in 2018. He said that this company also brought an environmental impact document (Amdal). “So and the IUP is once again the production IUP 2017,” he said. He also emphasized that the location of the mine was in Piaynemo, not in the Raja Ampat tourist destination, with a distance of about 30-40 kilometers from the area. “Now with this condition we have to cross it, because in some of the media I read, there are images displayed on Piaynemo Island, the island of Raja Ampat tourism,” Bahlil said. Bahlil will now temporarily stop temporarily stopped by the government with Raja Ampat Nickel Mining Business Permit (IUP) owned by Pt Gag Nickel, a subsidiary of PT Aneka Tambang TBK (Antam) in Raja Ampat Regency, Southwest Papua. This termination follows the increase in public attention to the alleged damage to the ecosystem in the region. Bahlil said the temporary termination of the operation was also carried out to wait for the verification results of the team that was deployed directly after the location of the mine. “I want a purpose. Now, to get there so there is no confusion, so we decided by the director -general of Minerba for the status of the PT GA Gag Iup, who is now just one, and we have been temporarily stopped working to field verification,” Bahlil said. Bahlil said there are five IUPs in the region, but only one company operated, namely Pt Gag Nickel. He knew this after receiving a report from the Director General of Minerba. Bahlil will look directly to see mining activities in Raja Ampat. This is done in collaboration with the plans to check oil pits and gas pits in Papua. “I just happened to be a coincidence that I would go to my agenda a few weeks ago to check oil boreholes and gas pits in Sorong Bird’s Head, FAK-Fak, Bintuni.
The overcrowded nickel Raja Ampat mine revealed that IUP 2017 has published
