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OlympiAR 2026 Challenges Indonesian Students to Develop Green Mining Solutions

From Republika · () Indonesian

Translated from Indonesian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Hundreds of Indonesian university students are competing in OlympiAR 2026, a mining case-study competition focused on the environment and ecosystem resilience.
  • PT Agincourt Resources describes the event as part of its corporate social responsibility work, alongside education and scholarships.
  • The competition offers a 50 million rupiah first prize and mentoring with industry practitioners, while organizers also discussed a theoretical model for assigning economic value to mineral reserves left underground.

Hundreds of Indonesian university students have gathered at the Bandung Institute of Technology to tackle mining problems with an environmental focus. OlympiAR 2026 asks participants to solve case studies involving the mining industry, with particular attention to environmental protection and ecosystem resilience.

The competition opened at ITB’s East Hall on Friday, September 4. Students from different fields related to mining are being tested on their critical analysis skills. PT Agincourt Resources, which organized the event, presents OlympiAR as part of its corporate social responsibility program, alongside education initiatives and scholarships.

In the past it was called e-Coaching Camp, and after thousands of students joined, the format was upgraded to OlympiAR.

· Rahmat LubisThe PT Agincourt Resources operations director explained how the student competition developed.

Rahmat Lubis, the company’s director of operations, said the event evolved from a program called e-Coaching Camp after thousands of students became involved. OlympiAR was last held two years ago, when 600 students from 28 Indonesian universities participated. He said the competition gives students an opportunity to gain perspectives from practitioners working directly in the industry.

The first-place winner will receive 50 million rupiah. Participants will also have access to mentoring and opportunities to interact with industry professionals.

We believe there will always be experience we can provide from the company side. There may be perspectives different from what students receive on campus when they interact with us as practitioners in the field.

· Rahmat LubisLubis described the practical value of connecting students with mining professionals.

Lubis also raised a new idea for managing mining reserves with greater attention to environmental concerns. One concept discussed at a mining industry conference in Australia would leave gold reserves underground while assigning them economic value. He compared the approach to a bank deposit: an asset could be measured and traded without being physically extracted. “You get money, but you do not need to mine,” he said.

Lubis described the idea as one of several new paradigms that could encourage the mining industry to pay closer attention to the environment. He stressed, however, that the concept remains theoretical and is still only a proposal.

You get money, but you do not need to mine.

· Rahmat LubisHe summarized the proposed model of giving underground mineral reserves economic value without extracting them.
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Originally published by Republika in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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