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Controversy Around the Fakfak Fertilizer Project

Monday, January 19, 2026

The plan to develop a fertilizer industrial estate in Fakfak has been problematic from the outset. It is laden with conflicts of interest.

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Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia speaks at the celebration of the 125th Anniversary of Fakfak Regency, November 16, 2025. Esdm.go.id. tempo : 177339869594.

THE Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) concluded that the plan to build the Fakfak Fertilizer Industrial Zone in West Papua was not feasible to continue. An audit of state-owned fertilizer holding Pupuk Indonesia covering fiscal years 2022, 2023, and the first half of 2024, which was released in December 2025, identified a series of problems. Among them was the potential for investment cost overruns totaling up to Rp2.96 trillion (about US$177 milli

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Hendrik Yaputra contributed to the writing of this article.

 

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