Indonesia eyes over 700 mln tons of coal production in 2025

JAKARTA, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources said on Thursday that the country is projected to produce more than 700 million tons of coal by the end of 2025.

As of the first half of this year, Indonesia has produced 371.66 million tons of coal, slightly down from 406.06 million tons recorded during the same period in 2024.

Earlier this year, the government had set a coal production target of 735 million tons for 2025.

"We will certainly produce 700 million tons. Even now we have produced half of it," said Tri Winarno, the ministry's director general of mineral and coal, during a press briefing at his office in Jakarta.

Coal remains Indonesia's primary energy source, especially for electricity generation, although the country has been pushing to develop green energy alternatives.

In 2024, Indonesia's total coal production reached 836 million tons, an increase from 775 million tons in 2023.

In terms of exports, the country shipped out 185.98 million tons of coal during the first half of this year, a 6.13 percent decrease compared to the same period in 2024. ■