JAKARTA, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia, the world's second largest coal exporter, will export about 179 million tons or 75 percent of total coal production next year to fill the surging demand from especially China and India.
The country's total production has been forecast to increase by 9 percent, reaching 234 million tons next year from an estimate of 215 million tons this year.
The 9 percent increase was reasonable as local coal producers were mostly raising production to benefit from higher global demand.
"The market is waiting, and they (coal producers) have the capacity. So there is no reason why the production can not be upped," Indonesian Coal Producers Association chairman Jeffrey Mulyono was quoted Wednesday by local newspaper The Jakarta Post as saying.
The government has earlier indicated a plan to limit coal export to 150 million tons from 2009 through 2025 to ensure domestic supplies.
The country's total production has been forecast to increase by 9 percent, reaching 234 million tons next year from an estimate of 215 million tons this year.
The 9 percent increase was reasonable as local coal producers were mostly raising production to benefit from higher global demand.
"The market is waiting, and they (coal producers) have the capacity. So there is no reason why the production can not be upped," Indonesian Coal Producers Association chairman Jeffrey Mulyono was quoted Wednesday by local newspaper The Jakarta Post as saying.
The government has earlier indicated a plan to limit coal export to 150 million tons from 2009 through 2025 to ensure domestic supplies.
