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SIMBARA Inter-Ministry/Institutional Mineral and Coal Information System

SIMBARA is an integrated digital platform launched in March 2022 by Indonesia's Ministry of Finance to connect multiple government ministries and institutions in monitoring, managing, and optimising mineral and coal resources through unified data and supervision systems.…

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Country / jurisdiction: Indonesia · Year: 2024 · Status: In force · Level: National · Type: Voluntary

SIMBARA is an integrated digital platform launched in March 2022 by Indonesia's Ministry of Finance to connect multiple government ministries and institutions in monitoring, managing, and optimising mineral and coal resources through unified data and supervision systems.

SIMBARA operates through a mandatory cooperation network of key government institutions, with the Ministry of Finance as the lead agency. The platform requires data integration between the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (overseeing mining operations), Ministry of Transportation (managing Inaportnet port system across 264 ports), Ministry of Trade (handling export regulations), Ministry of Industry (overseeing downstream processing), and the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment (providing inter-agency coordination).

As of July 2024, the system has expanded its monitoring capabilities to include nickel and tin tracking from mines to domestic processing facilities, with plans to add cobalt tracking in 2025. The National Revenue Transaction Number (NTPN) validation is required for both surveyor reports and sailing permits, ensuring proper documentation of mineral movements.

The system was established in response to a 2017 Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) study that identified potential state revenue leakages of approximately Rp120 trillion in the mineral and coal sector. Before SIMBARA, the monitoring systems across five key institutions—the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Trade, and Bank Indonesia—operated independently without proper checks and balances. As of 2024, SIMBARA has demonstrated substantial results in preventing revenue leakages and improving compliance. The system has prevented losses of IDR 3.47 trillion through detection of illegal mining operations and generated an additional IDR 2.53 trillion in state revenue through data analytics and risk profiling of 828 business operators. Beyond financial benefits, the platform has streamlined services through its single-window system and strengthened Indonesia's ability to implement its downstream processing policies effectively.

Official source: https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Details/248645/pmk-no-43-tahun-2023

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