Indonesia Seeks to Increase Coal Production
Indonesia expects to increase coal production
by up to 20 million metric tons (mt)
next year as lawmakers insist that the government
must book higher non-tax revenue
from the mining sector in 2010. According
to The Jakarta Post, the country expects to
produce 230 million mt of coal during
2009. Indonesia’s coal production has
already reached 72 million mt in the first
half of this year. In the same period, the
coal sales volume reached 75 million mt;
52 million mt being sold to domestic buyers
and the remaining 23 million mt going
to exports.
As featured in Womp 2009 Vol 09 - www.womp-int.com