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Data Insights Updated June 28, 2023 Coal production in Indonesia and major projects Brought to you by Coal Share this article According to GlobalData, Indonesia is the world's third-largest producer of coal in 2022, with output up by 3% on 2021.
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In September 2020, parliament swiftly passed an industry-supported mineral and mining law, which, according to the NGO Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam), facilitates business while ignoring environmental and social concerns.
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Indonesia's coal production hit a record high of 775.2 million mt in 2023, exceeding the target of 694 million mt set earlier by the government, according to MINERBA One Data (MODI) made public Jan. 19, amid an increase in demand for global seaborne coal. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience.
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In Indonesia, which holds 39.9 billion tons of coal or about 3.7% of global coal reserves (BP Citation 2020) this responsibility is divided among multiple government bodies whose respective tasks and authorities are stipulated in various sector-based laws on mining, regional government, environment, and forestry.
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Indonesian Production of Coal and Minerals In 2022, the coal production target has been set at 663 million tonnes. Initially, Indonesian miners were expected to struggle to meet this target due to coal export restrictions imposed by the Indonesian Government in January 2022 to tackle the issue of lack of domestic coal supply for power stations.
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1. South Sumatra 2. South Kalimantan 3. East Kalimantan The Indonesian coal industry is rather fragmented with only a few big producers and many small players that own coal mines and coal mine concessions (mainly in Sumatra and Kalimantan).
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Coal mining accounts for around 6.6 percent of Indonesia's national GDP, making it one of the country's most important commodities. Due to its vast resources, Indonesia also has been.
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Indonesia is the world's third-biggest coal miner, after China and India. PHOTO: ST FILE.. In 2022, Australia revised its calculations for methane pollution from open-cut coal mines, a change.
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Methane emissions from Indonesia's expanding coal mining sector are significantly underreported, jeopardizing the nation's international climate commitments, according to new analysis from.
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Indonesia's coal mines emit 1.18 million tonnes of methane, which is equivalent to 101 million tonnes of CO2 according to the International Energy Agency. This is almost double the CO2 emissions of Jakarta, meaning twice the damage to the global environment.
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In Indonesia, coal bed methane (CBM) is a more commonly-used term which refers to extracted methane gas from coal seams—layers of coal in the earth's crust—prior to mining activities and is a non-conventional fuel source acknowledged by the government to enhance energy supply.
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JAKARTA, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The Indonesian Coal Mining Association (ICMA) expects the country's 2023 coal output to surpass the official target of 695 million metric tons, a group official.
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Indonesia burned 33% more coal in 2022 than the year before, contributing to a 20% increase in the country's carbon emissions from fossil fuels, an analysis of official data shows.
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After more than a decade of explosive growth in Indonesia's coal-mining sector, the country is now the world's fourth-largest coal producer, the largest exporter of thermal coal for power stations, and a key fuel source for coal-fired power plants in China, India, and other countries.
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Indonesia's coal mining industry has identified the expansion of the domestic market as a way to secure its future demand (Harrington, 2017), confirmed in our interviews [18]. Interviewees asserted that the high proportion of coal in the 35 GW fast-track program resulted from the efforts of the coal mining lobby [4,10].
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Indonesia is the world's third-largest producer of coal, after India and China, and its mines are a fast-growing source of methane, a potent heat-trapping gas found in pockets alongside coal seams. But Indonesia has significantly underestimated the amount of methane unleashed for every ton of coal produced at surface mines, according to an.