Jakarta, June 8 -- Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia emphasized that there will be no changes to the profit-sharing scheme in the mineral and coal mining sector.

"In the mineral and coal sector, there are absolutely no changes. It is important for me to convey this to reaffirm that the existing regulations remain unchanged. Forever," Lahadalia said during a press conference at the Parliamentary Complex here on Monday.

The statement was made in response to reports that the profit-sharing scheme for the mineral and coal mining sector was planned to be revised to resemble the oil and gas profit-sharing scheme. There are two profit-sharing schemes in the oil and gas sector, namely gross split and cost recovery.

Gross s...