Indonesia to produce more coal, ferronickel and bauxite

Good vibrations for the Indonesian mining industry: the country’s coal output may rise about 23% in four years jumping to 309 million tonnes by 2014 from an estimated 250 million tonnes this year, Bambang Setiawan, director-general for coal, minerals and geothermal at the Energy Ministry, said today. Other mining commodities whose output are also expected to rise in Indonesia are ferronickel (from 18,276 tonnes in 2010 to 20,364 tonnes in 2014) and bauxite (from 10,280 million tonnes to 11,460 million tonnes in the same period), but the ministry believes that copper production will decrease from 1.02 million tonnes in 2010 to 944,919 tonnes within four years.