DJ Indonesia Energy Minister: No Plan To Limit Coal Exports
JAKARTA (Dow Jones)--Indonesia, a major Asian coal exporter, has no plan to
limit coal exports to meet domestic demand, Minister of Energy and Mineral
Resources Purnomo Yusgiantoro said Thursday.
Talks emerged recently that Indonesia would limit its coal exports after the
parliament earlier this year passed the Energy Law to ensure domestic energy
supply.
"There is no such plan," Purnomo told Dow Jones Newswires.
Recently, there have been government efforts to reduce the country's reliance
on oil amid rising global prices, which may have sparked the speculation on
coal.
-By Deden Sudrajat, contributing to Dow Jones Newswires; 62-21 39831277; [EMAIL
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November 21, 2007 23:14 ET (04:14 GMT)
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