IUPK 2053 K/30/MEM/2018 · Permit

IUPK 2053 K/30/MEM/2018 · Permit · Eco Mining Data

Follow the water downstream

Where does the water that runs off this permit go, and what lies along the way?

Pulse

Is something happening on this site now? Several weak signals side by side, each with its own age and grade. An indication, never proof.

Active this week?

Not enough data to say

No live signal source is switched on for this site yet: radar, night light and fire are waiting for access keys. Records and yearly data cannot show what is happening this week.

Heartbeat: the last 12 weeks, from 27 Jul to 12 Oct. One beat per week. An open dot is a week without a reading, not a zero.

No index yet: it needs at least one live signal or one register record in the last 12 weeks.

Area context (monthly)

Air above the area (NO₂)Sentinel-5P column enhancement over the nearest industrial zone or the regency. Describes the place, not this permit.Place, not this permit
freshC0.1 ×10¹⁵ molec/cm² lately, +7% against the months beforenewest month September 2026

Long-term direction (yearly)

New mined landYearly growth of disturbed land inside the permit (MapBiomas life history).
no data
Tree-cover lossHansen yearly loss inside the permit (clearing, but also harvest and fire).
yearlyC349.2 ha in the last 3 years, +6% against the 3 years beforecovers up to 2025; not this week

Long-term direction: steady From yearly data only; it says nothing about this week.

Live signals (weekly)

waiting for access key4 sources wait for an access key: Radar change, Night light, Fire hotspots, Ships at the jetty. An administrator switches them on.

Radar changeSentinel-1: ground disturbance seen through cloud.
waiting for access keyNeeds a free access key from Copernicus (Sentinel-1). Get the key ↗
For the operator
Set CDSE_CLIENT_ID + CDSE_CLIENT_SECRET in the worker environment, set MI_PULSE_SCHEDULE=1 and restart the worker; the lane then fills by itself.
Night lightVIIRS: light over the site after dark.
waiting for access keyNeeds a free access key from NASA Earthdata (VIIRS). Get the key ↗
For the operator
Set EARTHDATA_TOKEN in the worker environment, set MI_PULSE_SCHEDULE=1 and restart the worker; the lane then fills by itself.
Fire hotspotsNASA FIRMS: satellite fire detections inside the permit.
waiting for access keyNeeds a free access key from NASA FIRMS. Get the key ↗
For the operator
Set FIRMS_MAP_KEY in the worker environment, set MI_PULSE_SCHEDULE=1 and restart the worker; the lane then fills by itself.
Ships at the jettyAIS: vessel-days at the site's jetty.
waiting for access keyNeeds a free access key from aisstream.io. Get the key ↗
Set AIS_API_KEY in the worker environment, set MI_PULSE_SCHEDULE=1 and restart the worker; the lane then fills by itself.

Records (weekly)

Eco Watch incidentsIncidents placed on this permit.
members only
Register changesStatus, validity or boundary changes in the permit register.
no datanothing recorded in the last 12 weeks
News mentionsArticles linked to this permit.
members only

An indication from public satellite and register data. It is not a production figure and not proof of legality. Yearly data gives a direction, never a verdict for this week. An open dot means no reading.

Ending within 12 months

0^[1]

Mine Time Machine

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SDG scorecard

Three axes, never merged into one number

No SDG goal has a score yet for this subject (10 goals checked). What is needed is listed under “What we don’t know yet”.

No goal rated orange or red with the data available.

A · Context status

How the area is doing on measured SDG indicators (SDSN normalisation, 0–100).

Reliability D0 of 12 indicators with data

River water quality (pollution index) · 6.3.2
Data gap · no data for this subject
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Air quality (ISPU, proxy for PM2.5) · 11.6.2
Data gap · no data for this subject
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Population below the national poverty line · 1.2.1
Data gap · source not connected yet · Needs: BPS Susenas (regency) / SDGs Desa · planned in S2
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Stunting in children under five · 2.2.1
Data gap · source not connected yet · Needs: SKI / Riskesdas (Kemenkes) · planned in S2
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Mortality from air pollution · 3.9.1
Data gap · source not connected yet · Needs: CAMS / Sentinel-5P exposure + GBD · planned in S2
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Lower-secondary completion rate · 4.1.2
Data gap · source not connected yet · Needs: BPS Indikator TPB / PODES · planned in S2
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Households with safe drinking water · 6.1.1
Data gap · source not connected yet · Needs: PODES (BPS) / SDGs Desa · planned in S2
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Access to electricity · 7.1.1
Data gap · source not connected yet · Needs: PODES (BPS) / VIIRS night lights · planned in S2
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Unemployment rate · 8.5.2
Data gap · source not connected yet · Needs: BPS Sakernas (regency) · planned in S2
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Coastal sediment and tailings plumes · 14.1.1
Data gap · source not connected yet · Needs: Sentinel-2/3 plume detection · planned in S2
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Forest cover and annual loss · 15.1.1
Data gap · source not connected yet · Needs: Hansen GFC / MapBiomas Indonesia · planned in S2
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Degraded land (UNCCD method) · 15.3.1
Data gap · source not connected yet · Needs: Trends.Earth (land cover, productivity, soil carbon) · planned in S2
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B · Target gap and trend

Distance to RPJMN 2025–2029 / RAD TPB targets and the trend per indicator.

Reliability D0 of 2 indicators with data

Distance to RPJMN 2025-2029 / RAD TPB targets
Data gap · source not connected yet · Needs: Indikator TPB metadata (Bappenas) + RAD TPB per province/regency · planned in S2
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Trend per indicator (on track / moderate / stagnating / decreasing)
Data gap · source not connected yet · Needs: Yearly series of the axis A indicators · planned in S2
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C · Mining

Exposure to mining, shown raw. Not attribution: the causal model (DiD, synthetic control) follows in S3.

Reliability C2 of 5 indicators with data · oldest input 31 Dec 2019

Permits overlapping protected areas · 15.5
1 inputs · 18 Oct 2026 · current^[2]
1.1 ha
Mercury / ASGM sites (unconfirmed signals) · 12.4
Visible to trusted partners
Mining footprint (satellite) · 15.3
1 inputs · 31 Dec 2019^[3]
1.8 ha
Reclamation gap (disturbed minus reclaimed) · 15.3
Visible with a free account
Estimated mining effect per target (DiD / synthetic control)
Data gap · source not connected yet · Needs: Control areas (matching) + yearly series · planned in S3
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No imputation: an indicator without data stays visibly empty. Goalposts and thresholds are in the indicator register.

Facts

Permit type: IUPK^[1]
Holder: PT Freeport Indonesia^[1]
Stage: Other^[1]
Commodity: Tembaga^[1]
Status: Pending^[1]
Issued: 20 Dec 2018^[1]
Valid from: 20 Dec 2018^[1]
Valid until: 28 Dec 2031^[1]
Declared area: 116,783.8 ha^[1]
Mapped area: 116,910.4 ha^[1]
Region: Kabupaten Mimika, Papua Tengah^[1]

Who owns this

From the permit to the company behind it, and from there to the group above it. Every link shows where it comes from and how sure we are.

Registered holder

PT Freeport IndonesiaConfidence C

PT
Holder since 20 Dec 2018

The name in the official permit register. That is not always the company that owns the business.

Beneficial owner (the people behind it)

Not available

The beneficial owner register of the Indonesian company authority (AHU / OSS) is only open under a formal agreement. Until then we do not guess names.

AHU: how to apply for access

PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminiumowns26% stake · Confidence C

Freeport-McMoRanowns49% stake · Confidence C

Indonesia Papua Metal Dan Mineralowns25% stake · Confidence C

PT Freeport IndonesiaPTConfidence C

2053 K/30/MEM/2018Holder since 20 Dec 2018

Owners above
- PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminiumowns26% stake · Confidence C
- Freeport-McMoRanowns49% stake · Confidence C
- Indonesia Papua Metal Dan Mineralowns25% stake · Confidence C
Registered holder
- PT Freeport IndonesiaPTConfidence C
Permits and subsidiaries
- 2053 K/30/MEM/2018Holder since 20 Dec 2018

Links and where they come from

PT Freeport Indonesia is owned by PT Indonesia Asahan AluminiumConfidence C26% stakeSource: Wikidata Q12483115 — Freeport Indonesia (CC0 1.0), as of 23 Oct 2026
PT Freeport Indonesia is owned by Freeport-McMoRanConfidence C49% stakeSource: Wikidata Q12483115 — Freeport Indonesia (CC0 1.0), as of 23 Oct 2026
PT Freeport Indonesia is owned by Indonesia Papua Metal Dan MineralConfidence C25% stakeSource: Wikidata Q12483115 — Freeport Indonesia (CC0 1.0), as of 23 Oct 2026

Holder changes

No change of holder recorded since 20 Dec 2018.

CPT Freeport Indonesia

2053 K/30/MEM/2018, PT Freeport Indonesia, 20 Dec 2018 – now, matched by name, Confidence C

The register history starts at 20 Dec 2018. Earlier holders are not in our data.

More owners need a key

These sources would add owners and the people behind them. They are switched off until a key or agreement is in place.

OpenCorporatesParent companies and shareholders from company registers around the world.Waiting for a key
Get a key · OpenCorporates
AHU / OSS beneficial ownershipThe people who ultimately own and control an Indonesian company.Waiting for a keyNeeds a formal agreement
Get a key · AHU / OSS beneficial ownership

Ribbon thickness shows the stake where we know it. Dashed means a weaker or unstated link. A name is shown only for companies: natural persons are never named here.

Where does the ore go

From this mine to the industrial park that most likely processes its ore, on to the port, the export and the buyer. What we know, what we infer and what we cannot see are kept apart.

No processing sites known for this metal yet

For tembaga we do not yet know the processing sites, so no chain can be drawn. Nickel is covered first.

Export, buyers and ships need a key

These stages stay empty until a key is in place. We show the gap instead of guessing.

UN ComtradeYearly exports by product and destination country.Waiting for a key
Get a key · UN Comtrade
aisstream.ioShips calling at the jetties, from live ship positions.Waiting for a key
Get a key · aisstream.io

Mining footprint

Physical land disturbance mapped from imagery (2019). Pollution is measured separately and is not included.

Mining footprint (satellite, 2019): 1.8 ha^[3]
Inside this permit area: 1.8 ha
Share of the area: 0 %
Footprint polygons: 1

Per source (own polygons)

Maus et al. 2022 (2019 imagery): 1.8 ha · 1^[3]

Forest loss

Tree-cover loss 2001–2025, where tree cover in 2000 was at least 30 %. Annual satellite data (Hansen / University of Maryland).

Tree-cover loss 2001–2025: 8,296.9 ha^[4]
Of which 2021–2025: 559.4 ha^[4]
Tree cover in 2000: 96,237 ha
Share of the 2000 tree cover: 8.6 %

Per year (last ten)

2016: 646.4 ha
2017: 838 ha
2018: 530.2 ha
2019: 176.6 ha
2020: 118.2 ha
2021: 100.7 ha
2022: 109.5 ha
2023: 175.2 ha
2024: 79.2 ha
2025: 94.7 ha

Loss means tree cover was removed: clearing, but also plantation harvest or fire. It is not a finding of illegal deforestation, and the data is yearly, not monthly.

Recovery after mining

What the land inside the mining footprint looks like from space, year by year (1990–2025)

Inside a permit with another status

Pending, suspended or unknown status.

Not visible at 30 m

The 30 m satellite map shows no mining or bare ground here; the site may be too small or too old.

Footprint polygons: 1
Ever disturbed: 0 ha
Vegetation back: 0 ha
Abandoned ≥ 5 years, still bare or water: 0 ha

Figures are sums over all polygons; the status of a group is the status with the largest area.

Area by status

Not visible at 30 m2 ha 100 %

Key years

First mining: –
Peak mining: –
Last mining: –
Mining stopped: –

Shrubs
Forest

No mining ground seen at 30 m. In 2025: forest 2 ha.

Show the numbers

Year	Shrubs	Forest
1990	1.2	0.8
1991	1.1	0.9
1992	0	2
1993	0	2
1994	0	2
1995	0	2
1996	0	2
1997	0	2
1998	0	2
1999	0	2
2000	0	2
2001	0	2
2002	0	2
2003	0	2
2004	0	2
2005	0	2
2006	0	2
2007	0	2
2008	0	2
2009	0	2
2010	0	2
2011	0	2
2012	0	2
2013	0	2
2014	0	2
2015	0	2
2016	0	2
2017	0	2
2018	0	2
2019	0	2
2020	0	2
2021	0	2
2022	0	2
2023	0

Shrubs
Forest

Whole footprint polygons, including parts outside this subject.

Status per polygon

Free account · Status per polygon, with confidence, the rule that decided it and its life history, needs a free account.

Show on the map National overview

Satellite land cover, not reported reclamation: ESDM reclamation reports are not used. Sources: MapBiomas Indonesia Collection 5 (30 m, CC BY-SA 4.0), JRC Tropical Moist Forest; footprint Maus et al. 2022 and Cheng et al. 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); ESDM MODI permit layer. Method rec-1.0 · computed Oct 19, 2026

Promise versus reality

What was promised in public documents, next to what the satellite measures on the same land.

No sourced promises are registered for this permit or its holder yet. Nothing is assumed: a promise appears here only after it was quoted from a public document and checked by a second reviewer.

Reclamation plans, PPKH obligations, reforestation commitments, sustainability-report targets and zero-deforestation pledges are measured against the recovery status and the forest-loss record of the same land.

How this is measured

A promise is a quote of a public document: the source link and its SHA-256 are shown, and it appears here only after review by a second person.
Delivered is the gain in revegetated land since the year of the promise, from the yearly land-cover maps (MapBiomas, to –) on the footprint polygons of the permit or company. Land that is mined again counts against it.
A per-year plan is multiplied by the years in its period. If the deadline lies beyond the data, the amount due is the linear share up to the last data year, and the state is on pace or behind, never missed.
The grade compares delivered with due: A from 90%, B from 70%, C from 40%, D below. The range follows the promise year plus or minus one year, because the maps are yearly.
A zero-deforestation pledge looks at tree-cover loss (Hansen, to –) in the years after the pledge year: A none, B within the noise (1 ha or 0.1% of the tree cover), C up to 1%, D more.
Next to the grade you see the mined land today, new tree-cover loss and how much land was opened versus reclaimed. Before and after frames come from the time machine.

A grade compares a number in a document with a number from space. It does not judge intent or legality.

Permits

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Timeline

Visible with a free account · Timeline: permit changes, confirmed alerts, newsSign in

Media timeline

What was reported, month by month. Headlines as published; events stay signals until a person confirms them.

No news is linked to this page yet.

Observations

Latest reading per station in the region

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What we don't know yet

19 gaps

River water quality (pollution index)
No data for this subject
Air quality (ISPU, proxy for PM2.5)
No data for this subject
Population below the national poverty line
Needs: BPS Susenas (regency) / SDGs Desa
Not connected yet
Stunting in children under five
Needs: SKI / Riskesdas (Kemenkes)
Not connected yet
Mortality from air pollution
Needs: CAMS / Sentinel-5P exposure + GBD
Not connected yet
Lower-secondary completion rate
Needs: BPS Indikator TPB / PODES
Not connected yet
Households with safe drinking water
Needs: PODES (BPS) / SDGs Desa
Not connected yet
Access to electricity
Needs: PODES (BPS) / VIIRS night lights
Not connected yet
Unemployment rate
Needs: BPS Sakernas (regency)
Not connected yet
Coastal sediment and tailings plumes
Needs: Sentinel-2/3 plume detection
Not connected yet
Forest cover and annual loss
Needs: Hansen GFC / MapBiomas Indonesia
Not connected yet
Degraded land (UNCCD method)
Needs: Trends.Earth (land cover, productivity, soil carbon)
Not connected yet

Sources

Kementerian ESDM geoportal (Minerba / Monaresia Wilayah Pertambangan), via legacy Eco Mining Data harvest · geoportal.esdm.go.id · retrieved 18 Oct 2026 · signal · unknown
Eco Mining Data computation: current permit geometries (ESDM) × area; overlap with WDPA protected areas · computed by Eco Mining Data · as of 18 Oct 2026 · signal · derived from the ESDM permit layer and WDPA (WDPA terms apply)Union of current permit geometries clipped to the subject; intersection with protected-area polygons; geodesic area
Maus et al. 2022 · Global-scale mining polygons (Version 2) · doi.org · as of 31 Dec 2019 · signal · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hansen Global Forest Change GFC-2025-v1.13 · glad.earthengine.app · as of 31 Dec 2025 · confirmed · CC BY 4.0Hansen, M. C. et al. 2013. High-Resolution Global Maps of 21st-Century Forest Cover Change. Science 342: 850-53. Data: Global Forest Change 2000-2025 (v1.13), University of Maryland.