JAKARTA — Usman’s been glued to the TV news lately. A young fisherman living in Batang, along the northeastern coast of Indonesia’s main island of Java, Usman is closely following this year’s presidential race. While much of the country has been caught up in the daily trading of barbs between the campaign teams of President […]

Indonesia’s domestic market obligation requirements could impact thermal coal prices throughout 2019 should the country’s government take action against companies that are missing their targets, S&P Global Ratings said Wednesday. “DMO sales reached only 21.7% of domestic production in 2018, and a number of coal miners could not meet their DMO requirement,” S&P Global Ratings […]

The government has set Indonesia’s coal price reference (HBA) for February at US$91.8 per ton, 0.6 percent lower than the reference in January of $92.41 per ton, in response to China and India’s ongoing protection policies. “Both countries will intensify the use of domestic coal,” Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry’s spokesperson Agung Pribadi said in […]

Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) is introducing blended coal at its coal-fired power plant in Lumut, Perak, as part of a continuous effort to ensure a sustainable coal supply for electricity generation. The introduction of blended coal for the Sultan Azlan Shah Power Station, which produces 20% of Peninsular Malaysia’s energy generation, would help secure coal […]

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 13): Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) is introducing blended coal at its coal-fired power plant in Lumut, Perak, as part of a continuous effort to ensure a sustainable coal supply for electricity generation. The introduction of blended coal for the Sultan Azlan Shah Power Station, which produces 20% of Peninsular Malaysia’s energy generation, […]

NDO – Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked the Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) to step up measures to ensure the adequate supply of coal for production, while paying attention to environmental protection. The government official was speaking at a conference in Hanoi on January 9, held to sum up […]

HÀ NỘI — Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng asked the Việt Nam National Coal – Mineral Industries Holding Corporation Limited (Vinacomin) to ensure sufficient coal supply and seek measures to improve coal quality in 2019. Speaking at Vinacomin’s conference on Wednesday to review 2018 business results and develop orientations for 2019, Dũng said that […]

BANPU Plc, a leading integrated energy solutions company in the Asia-Pacific, is now in its second consecutive year of penetrating Vietnam’s coal markets. It aims to seal agreements to provide more than 2 million tonnes of coal to Vietnamese clients to respond to growing demand for coal. Moreover, under its “greener and smarter” strategy, the […]

The government has lowered its coal production target for this year to 480 million tons in an effort to stabilize the global coal price, an official has said. Last year’s target was 485 million tons, 25 percent of which was allocated to the domestic market obligation (DMO). Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry mineral and coal […]

Singapore — Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has set its January thermal coal reference price, also known as Harga Batubara Acuan or HBA, at $92.41/mt, down 0.11% month on month, and down 3.28% year on year. China’s import limitation impacted the seaborne thermal coal prices, according to the ministry’s spokesman Agung Pribadi. The […]