Indonesian lawmakers on Thursday called on the government to raise the domestic sales requirement for coal miners to 30per cent on the expectation that energy demand in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy will rise in coming years.

Indonesian coal prices are likely to decline in the near term as Chinese buyers stay on the sidelines amid a fall in the latter’s domestic coal prices, sources told S&P Global Platts Feb. 16.

The price of benchmark Australian thermal coal rose last week to trade near record highs, providing a short-term boost to producers but increasing the risks of longer-term pain.

Indonesia has suspended the operations of more than 1,000 miners of coal, tin and other minerals due to a failure to submit their 2022 work plans, according to a document issued by the Minerals and Coal Directorate General of the mining ministry.

Indonesian media conglomerate MNC Group on Thursday announced moves to significantly expand its coal business amid expectations of continued high prices for the commodity this year.

In our International Energy Outlook 2021 (IEO2021) Issues in Focus: Uncertainty in Coal Trade in India and Greater Southeast Asia, we analyze three cases for coal markets in India and Greater Southeast Asia (GSEA), which highlight the role that varying levels of coal production and trade play in the regions’ carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and […]

Indonesia set the benchmark coal price COAL-HBA-ID for February at $188.38 per tonne, up from January’s $158.50 per tonne, energy ministry spokesman Agung Pribadi said in a statement on Tuesday.

GNPower Dinginin is one of the Philippines’s newest and biggest coal-fired power plants. Located in Bataan province on the island of Luzon, the $1.7bn facility began construction in 2016 before launching commercial operations late last year.

Indonesian state electricity firm Perusahaan Listrik Negara’s (PLN) coal supply for February is safe and it will ensure there is no repeat of a crisis that led to a halt on international coal exports, its chief executive said on Wednesday.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo launched construction of a $2.3 billion coal gasification plant on Monday, in a bid to slash the country’s liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) imports while optimising its coal resources.