Source: AWSJ, 8 December 2014 The new leader of the world’s fourth-largest nation promised to move aggressively to lower barriers to investment and overcome decades of unmet potential that have left Indonesia lagging behind more dynamic Asian nations. In his first interview with a Western...

China needs to hit its “peak coal” use by 2020 if it is to fulfil its commitment to end growth in climate-warming carbon emissions by the end of the next decade, an influential government think tank said yesterday. The country last week pledged for the first time to end growth in...

Fitch Ratings-Singapore/Jakarta-27 October 2014: Fitch Ratings has affirmed coal producer PT Adaro Indonesia’s (Adaro) Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at ‘BB+’. The Outlook is Stable. The agency has simultaneously withdrawn the ratings. Adaro...

By Wilda Asmarini JAKARTA, Nov 24 (Reuters) – New Indonesian coal export rules had little impact in October, the first month they were in effect, as shipments from the world’s top thermal coal exporter increased 9.8 percent on the year, a mining ministry official said. Industry...

Decades of strip mining have left this town in the heart of India’s coal fields a fiery moonscape, with mountains of black slag, sulfurous air and sickened residents

6% upper end of JPMorgan’s estimate for Indonesia’s gross domestic product growth next year Jakarta. New York-based brokerage JPMorgan Chase expects Indonesian stocks to outperform their peers in Asia next year, citing positive sentiment toward the government’s policy of...

What Pak Effendi said was: Government plan to build 35,000 MW within 5 years. 20,000 MW will be executed by IPP. If AP is able to get 20% of it or 4000 MW (within this 5 years) it is good already. The target is 20,000 MW within 20 years (from 2010)   By Vanesha...

Clean coal refers to the process of reducing carbon emissions and other harmful pollutants generated by the burning of coal for power generation to the minimum possible level. Supercritical (SC) and ultra-supercritical (USC) pulverised coal combustion and integrated gasification combined cycle...

Below is the video of President Joko Widodo’s speech at the CEO Forum in APEC Summit in Beijing:

By Clyde Russell LAUNCESTON, Australia, Nov 12 (Reuters) – The 25 percent drop in Brent crude so far this year is providing an unparalleled opportunity for Asian governments to scale back or end fuel subsidies. Some, like India and Malaysia, have already cut off or reduced support for...