JAKARTA: Indonesian coal output is expected to be around 450 million tonnes in 2015, compared with a previous target of 425 million tonnes, Bambang Tjahjono Setiabudi, the director for coal at the Mining Ministry, told Reuters. One of the world’s biggest exporters of thermal coal ships about $2 billion worth of coal a month.
Coal production this year is expected to reach 450 million tonnes, he said, beating a previous target of 421 million tonnes.The higher production target was needed to meet a non-tax revenue target for the mining sector of 50 trillion rupiah ($4 billion) next year, up 10 trillion rupiah from this year, Tjahjono said.
