Government Regulation No. 23 of 2010 concerning the implementation of Mineral and Coal Mining Business Activities.

This Government Regulation, consisting of 115 articles divided into 15 Chapters, provides for the implementation of mineral and coal mining business activities aiming at carrying out policy on a preference for domestic use of minerals and/or coal. Mineral and coal mining as intended by section (1) shall be classified into 5 (five) mining commodities. The Regulation also regulates Mining authorizations and permit which shall be granted through: the authorization of a Mining Permit Area; the granting of a Mining Permit; procedures for Authorization of Metal Mineral and Coal Mining Permit Areas, etc. It lays down planning and setting of mining areas, mining business permit areas, mining areas where a smallholder mining business activity is carried out, special mining business areas, etc. in order to properly manage mineral and coal resources.
The Regulation is divided as follows: General Provisions (Chap. I); Mining Permits (Chap. II); Small-Scale Mining Permits (Chap. III); Special Mining Permits (Chap. IV); Reduction in Mining Permit Areas and Special Mining Permit Areas in Special Mining Areas (Chap. V); Suspension of Mining Business Activities (Chap. VI); Domestic Preference, Control of Production, and Control of Mineral and Coal Sales (Chap. VII); Increase in Added Value, Mineral and Coal Processing and Refining/Smelting (Chap. VIII); Share Divestment by Mining Permit Holders and Special Mining Permit Holders Whose Shares are Foreign Owned (Chap. IX); Use of Land for Production Operation Activities (Chap. X); Procedures for Submission of Reports (Chap. XI); Development and Empowerment of the Communities Living around the Mineral and Coal Mining Permit Areas and Special Mining Permit Areas in Special Mining (Chap. XII); Administrative (Chap. XIII); Transitional Provisions (Chap. XIV); Concluding Provisions (Chap. XV).