Indonesia's Coal Production Exceeds Target, This Is The Motivater Factor

Coal (photo: dock. intermediate)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) reports that until November 15, 2024, Indonesia's coal production has exceeded the target set in early 2024. It is known that coal production has reached 711.37 million tons, while the target is set at 710 million tons.

Deputy Chairperson of the Indonesian Mining Expert Association (Perhapi), Resvani said there are several factors that affect the high production of coal in the country.

Resvani said, actually Indonesia is the largest coal exporter in the world, which is 40 percent of the world's total exports.

"The demand for coal to Indonesia continues to increase and our production trend continues to increase. In 2024 the RKAB which has been approved is almost 900 million tons," said Resvani in the Energy Corner quoted Thursday, November 28.

He added, by occupying the position of the largest coal exporter in the world, Indonesia gave a quick response to world coal demand.

"It is a little flexible even though technically once there is additional demand technically requires preparation in the field," he added.

Furthermore, Risvani said, currently the world's coal demand reaches 8.4 billion tons per year. Meanwhile, the amount of coal traded by 1.4 billion tons dominated came from Asia.

"So Indonesia, which has a strategic geographical position, is seen as a country that has better positivity to supply world coal, which was dominated by Asia, such as China, India, South Korea and Vietnam," he explained.

Finally, the factor that affects the high production of coal is that coal produced by Indonesia has multi-product variants.

"Indonesia products have high calories, middle, low so the utility of the whole world is covered by Indonesia's multi-coal products," said Risvani.