Indonesia increases underground coal mining amid dwindling reserves
Indonesia's ESDM prioritises expanding underground coal mining for increased depth access, countering declining high-CV coal deposits from extensive open-pit mining. The nation produced 741.47 mnt by 21 Dec'23. Challenges in open-cast mining drive the shift towards underground mining, led by players like SDE, Merge Mining Industri, and Kusuma Raya Utama.