Indonesia hopes to decide on coal export resumption in coming days: Min

Southeast Asia's biggest economy suspended coal exports on Jan 1 after state power utility PLN reported critically low inventory levels of the fuel, putting it on the brink of widespread power outage

Indonesia's government is hoping to reach a decision on resuming coal shipments "in the coming days", its energy minister said on Monday, as pressure mounts on the world's biggest thermal coal exporter to end a ban imposed 10 days ago.

"In the past week we have done stocktaking and we hope in coming days there will be more clarity so we can have coal security and resume exports," energy minister Arifin Tasrif said in a meeting with Japan's industry minister, Hagiuda Koichi, which