A Bloomberg report from Sep. 13 on an increase in coal use by Japanese power providers: By Tsuyoshi Inajima, Tokyo — Japan’s regional utilities consumed a record volume of coal while cutting their use of higher-priced fuel oil and crude, according to the Federation of Electric...

A Reuters report on the progress of Indonesian mining companies’ expansion into electricity generation: Janeman Latul and Fergus Jensen, Jakarta, Sep. 17 — Two of Indonesia’s biggest miners are building power stations to reignite coal demand and counter a drop in global...

A report published on Sep. 17 by Platts, the global energy analyst, notes figures that show fast-rising energy demand in China: China consumed 510.3 billion kWh of electricity in August, up 6.8% year on year, according to data released by the National Energy Administration Saturday. Of the...

India’s coal consumption has reached three-decade highs, Bloomberg reports: Rakteem Katakey, New Delhi, Jun. 28, 2013 — India is burning coal in power plants at the fastest pace in 31 years. At the same time, domestic supplies of natural gas that are the main alternative...

Adaro Energy this year produced its first tablet app version of its annual report alongside its print and PDF versions as part of its continual drive to keep investors informed in the most practical ways possible. The Adaro Annual Report 2012 App is now available for FREE download on your iPad...

China’s twice-revised proposal to ban some imports of lower calorific value thermal coal, predominantly from Indonesia, and some US higher-sulfur thermal coal, was close to being suspended as a pretext to being quietly dropped, according to market sources Thursday. Reports began filtering...

Bloomberg reports that investment in Indonesia has turned to a net outflow for this year. Here is the full article from June 25: Foreign fund flows into Indonesian equities turned negative for the first time this year after investors pulled money from the stock market for a 22nd...

Indonesia will develop about 57 gigawatts, or 57,000 megawatts, of additional power generation capacity by 2021, Bloomberg reported the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry as saying in a presentation in Jakarta today. State-owned utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara will develop 53% of new...

Source: Platts Coal Trader International, May 31, 2013 Speculation was rife Thursday that China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) might have reached an agreement with the country’s power utilities to impose a ban on low calorific value coal imports, but with tweaks to the...

Source: Bloomberg By Rajesh Kumar Singh May 27 (Bloomberg) — NTPC Ltd., Asia’s second-biggest power utility by value, will almost double purchases of coal from outside India this fiscal year to curb fuel shortages at its plants, said two company officials familiar with the...