Indonesia is considering lowering the minimum quantity of coal required to be sold to domestic buyers to 20% of the production from the current 25%, energy ministry official Dodik Ariyanto said on December 11.
The government is reviewing rules that require coal miners to sell a portion of their coal to local buyers as suppliers struggle to meet the requirements.
Meanwhile, price cap for the coal sold to local power plant operators may stay at $70/t, he told a mining conference in Jakarta.
Around 124 million tonnes of coal were estimated to be sold to local buyers this year, compared with 128 million tonnes of target, ministry data showed on December 11.
(Writing by Becky Du Editing by Harry Huo)
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