Indonesia Halts Agincourt, PTPN III Operations After Floods
A damaged house after a flash flood in Garoga, North Sumatra province on Dec. 4, 2025. Photographer: YT Hariono /AFP/Getty Images
Photographer: YT Hariono/AFP/Getty Images
Indonesia suspended the operations of three companies in Sumatra, saying it would probe whether their land-clearing activities helped trigger the deadly floods and landslides that killed hundreds on the island.
The government halted the operations of mining services company PT Agincourt Resources, state-owned plantation firm PT Perkebunan Nusantara III and hydro power developer PT North Sumatera Hydro Energy and ordered them to conduct an environmental audit, Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq said in a statement late Friday.