Japanese industry minister Koichi Hagiuda pressed his Indonesian counterpart in Jakarta on Monday to lift Indonesia's one-month ban on coal exports imposed Jan. 1 to prioritize fuel supply to its domestic coal-fired power plants, people familiar with their talks said.Amid growing concerns about potential shortages in Japan and other countries that rely on Indonesian coal, energy minister Arifin Tasrif held out hope the exports could soon be resumed. "We hope that in the next few days, we can get clarity," he was quoted as saying during their meeting.Hagiuda asked that Indonesia understand t…READ FULL ARTICLE
