As the mining sector moves from potential to actual production, one of the main challenges is to streamline the licensing system. Decisions in the past have left the country exposed to licence hoarding, environmental concerns and corruption.
As the mining sector moves from potential to actual production, one of the main challenges is to streamline the licensing system. Decisions in the past have left the country exposed to licence hoarding, environmental concerns and corruption.
One of the top priorities in Mongolia in 2012 will be resolving the issue of development and production at Tavan Tolgoi (TT), the world’s largest undeveloped coal deposit, which holds an estimated 6.4bn tonnes of coking and thermal coal.
Mining is not as labour-intensive as most other economic activities. Although the mining sector is expected to propel Mongolia’s economy forward in leaps, it is not forecast to be a major driver of employment. In the mining services niche, however, it is anticipated that many of the country’s small-scale entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized...
Within its vast territory, Indonesia contains enough renewable energy sources to enable the country to more than quadruple its current power-generating capacity. According to data from the Directorate-General of New and Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation (EBTKE), the combined renewable energy potential of Indonesia’s hydro, geothermal and...
2025, Indonesia’s primary energy mix should contain 33% coal, 30% natural gas, 20% crude oil, 5% each of biofuels, geothermal and other renewable sources, and 2% liquid coal.
On March 25, 2011 the Sangatta West project in East Kalimantan was the first dedicated coal bed methane (CBM) well in Indonesia to successfully release gas trapped approximately 830 metres below the surface. The implications of this milestone go far beyond the relatively small amounts of methane gas released from test well SCBM#1, as the country is...
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