The Anglo-Australian company wants to benefit from higher prices for steel-making coal, the business daily said, adding steelmakers oppose the switch, fearing frequent price changes would make production costs more volatile.
In late December 2010 a spokesman for the National Democratic Front (NDF), a confederation that encompasses many of the country’s leftist groups — including the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its New People's Army (NPA) military wing — warned that it intended to increase the tempo of attacks against mining companies.
Heavy rains that constrained production at Bangka island have eased, allowing normal tin output to be restored. Production expected to fall this year due to fall in investment and dwindling resources. Tin output in Indonesia's main tin producing area
South African oil from coal pioneer, Sasol, is dropping plan for a Coal to liquids (CTL) project in Indonesia to concentrate on Gas to liquids opportunities.