Indonesia weighs denying 2027 quotas from coal miners missing domestic supply targets

Indonesia is considering barring coal producers that fail to meet annual domestic supply obligations from operating the following year, Mysteel Global has learned. The proposal adds fresh risk to shipments from the world's largest thermal coal exporter while output curbs and dry rivers in the country are already keeping supply tight.

Asep Kurnia Permana, director of coal business development at the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry (ESDM), said at an industry discussion in Jakarta on September 18 that non-compliant firms would have their annual work plan and budget, or RKAB, withheld, several local media reported. Penalties already in place for non-compliance