Peak coal approaches for Indonesia

Nicholas Newman http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/Freelance-Journalist.html
Indonesia has been a rising star of the global coal industry for years and is now the
world’s largest exporter of thermal coal. However, tighter restrictions on coal mining
operations and the need for infrastructural investment to reach new mines suggest the
country will be unable to maintain its current level of output growth. And just like the
country’s oil and gas, export volumes will increasingly be challenged by rising internal
demand. http://russia.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/ProductsServices/Products/energyeconomist.pdf   see page 23.

Australian PM faces stiff opposition against her radical carbon polices!

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard faces stiff opposition from the public, business and politicians to her radical carbon tax policies. Her newly announced policies that will see the nation’s top 500 greenhouse-gas polluters, hit by a crippling new carbon tax. Gillard’s coalition government plans to set the new carbon tax initially at $23 a tonne, which will then increase by 5% per year before moving to a market price system in three years’ time. http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/Australian-PM-faces-stiff-opposition-against-her-radical-carbon-polices!.html