source:The JAkartaPost
The government has laid out plans to map Indonesia’s rare earth element reserves as part of a wider plan to develop downstream rare earth industries. Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry Mining Director General Ridwan Djamaluddin said on Monday that the ministry had identified eight locations that contained rare earth reserves, with plans to explore more areas up until 2024. “All eight are still in the early exploration stage,” he told House Commission VII, which oversees energy and mineral resources, at a hearing in Jakarta.