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Saturday, 07 July 12
INDONESIA-JAPAN RELATIONS TURN SOUR - THE JAKARTA POST
 The Jakarta Post, the one of the leading Indonesian English new papers reported that, Bilateral relations between Indonesia and Japan have recently become marred by unabashed exchanges of threats between government officials.
Rudi Rubiandini, the newly appointed deputy energy and mineral resources minister, said Japan had sent a letter stating that it would ban photocopy paper imports from Indonesia should the country go ahead and tax metal ore exports.
Japan, the world’s second-largest nickel consumer, previously threatened to file a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) in response to new changes in Indonesia’s mineral trade policy.
On May 6, the government issued a regulation that introduced tougher requirements on the exportation of 65 types of raw minerals — excluding coal — and imposed a 20 percent export tax. The regulation is deemed necessary to curb overexploitation of resources ahead of the full implementation of a ban on raw mineral exports in 2014 as demanded by 2009 Minerals and Coal Mining Law.
The government has encouraged companies to either build smelters, either individually or through joint ventures, or make other plans for processing raw minerals.
In response to Japan’s threat of barring photocopy paper imports, Rudi said Indonesia could easily retaliate by cutting supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Japan.
According to ministry data, last year, Indonesia produced 362 LNG cargoes. Japan was the largest buyer, purchasing 172 cargoes, followed by Korea with 68 cargoes, the US (55), China (35) and Taiwan (32).
Other data show that in the first four months of this year, Indonesia exported 2.72 million tons of gas worth US$2.43 billion or 18.65 percent less than the $2.99 billion in the same period last year.
Based on Trade Ministry data, between January and April 2012, Indonesia exported more than 173 tons of photocopy paper to Japan. Total exports were valued at US$207.07 million, up 15.52 percent compared to the same period last year.
Trade Ministry director general for foreign trade Deddy Saleh said on Friday that the ministry had not decided to take any action in response to the photocopy paper threat.
“Japan has not filed an official complaint with us. So we are just going to wait and see,” Deddy said.
Experts say that Japan’s desperate response to the new Indonesian policy was an indication of Japan’s high dependence on raw materials to sustain both exports and the lifestyles of Japanese people.
Toshio Nakamura, the general manager of stainless raw materials at Mitsui & Co., was quoted by Bloomberg news service recently as saying that no other countries could immediately replace Indonesia in terms of raw material supplies.
Takayuki Ueda, the director general of the manufacturing industries bureau of Japan’s Trade Ministry, said that Japan would prefer to negotiate a solution to prevent a full ban on mineral exports.
However, he said, Japan might file an objection with the WTO should Indonesia proceed with a complete ban.
Utama Kajo, head of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (Kadin) standing committee on investment, human resource development and small and medium enterprises, said he was not worried that the rift would affect other sectors in the trade relations between the two countries.
“This is only a small-scale argument. It will not matter much if Japan stops photocopy paper exports because Indonesia can send it elsewhere, for example, to China or South America,” he said.
Utama suggested that Japan build smelters in Indonesia to process metal ore. Furthermore, he reminded the Indonesian government to think twice before making threats about cutting off the gas supply as it would only harm Indonesia.
“We can’t just cut off the supply because the countries have signed long-term contracts. We would risk being reported to the WTO,” he said.
Avilian, an economist at the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef) who is also a commissioner at one of the country’s biggest lenders, Bank BRI, said she doubted that the bickering between state officials would damage the long standing relations between Indonesia and Japan.
“We have had good relations so far. This is a small problem and can be addressed by the officials. Indonesia and Japan need each other,” she said.
Source: The Jakarta Post
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Monday, 06 January 14
INDONESIAN COAL SWAPS SLIDE TO $ 61.25 FOR Q4' 14 DELIVERY
COALspot.com – Sub-Bit Indonesia coal swap (FOB) for average Q1’ 14 delivery lost $ 0.32 pmt month on month on Friday 3 January 2014. Th ...
Sunday, 05 January 14
API 8 CFR SOUTH CHINA COAL SWAP FOR Q3 DELIVERY CLOSED $ 80.05, A $ 0.90 LOWER THAN Q1 PRICE
COALspot.com : API 8 CFR South China Coal swaps for average Q1’ 14 delivery lost 1.40 percept day on day closed at US$ 80.95 per mt as o ...
Sunday, 05 January 14
CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION OF INDIA REGISTERS CASES IN CONNECTION WITH ALLEGED SUPPLY OF LOW QUALITY INDONESIAN COAL BY A PRIVATE COMPANY TO NTPC & NSPCL
COALspot.com: The Central Bureau of Investigation of India has registered two cases regarding alleged supply of low quality imported Indonesian coal ...
Saturday, 04 January 14
THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT TO DOWNSIZE ITS COAL PRODUCTION TARGET TO 400 MMT THIS YEAR
COALspot.com: Indonesia to downsize its coal production target to 400 million tons in 2014, lower than the production in 2013, which stood at 421 mi ...
Friday, 03 January 14
IN 2013 RBCT HAS, FOR THE FIRST TIME, EXPORTED MORE THAN 70 MILLION TONS OF COAL
COALspot.com: South Africa's Richards Bay coal terminal, the world’s largest single coal exporting terminal shipped 6.788 million tonnes of c ...
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- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
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- Siam City Cement - Thailand
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- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
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- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
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- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
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- ICICI Bank Limited - India
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- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
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- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
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- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
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- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
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- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
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- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
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- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Australian Coal Association
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
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- Minerals Council of Australia
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- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
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- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
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- Planning Commission, India
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- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
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- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- London Commodity Brokers - England
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- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
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- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- The University of Queensland
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- White Energy Company Limited
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- PTC India Limited - India
- Parliament of New Zealand
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- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Economic Council, Georgia
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- Eastern Energy - Thailand
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- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
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- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
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- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
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- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
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