Coal (illustration)

Govt to build 14 coal export seaports

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, NUSA DUA -- The government will immediately build 14 coal export seaports in Sumatra and Kalimantan to monitor coal exports, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry's Director General of Minerals and Coal Dr R. Sukhyar remarked here on Monday."The 14 ports will also help to curb illegal coal exports," he stated while opening the 20th Coaltrans Asia coal industry...

Lawyer: British company 'blackmails' Indonesian Govt

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – British company Churchill Mining Plc was blackmailing the Indonesian government over an allegedly “improper unilateral decision to revoke the licenses” of allegedly world’s 7th largest coal mine in East Kalimantan, an Indonesian lawyer said. Churchill disputed with the Indonesian government over the East Kutai Coal Project (“EKCP”). “Churchill sues the Indonesian government 2 billion USD and we think...