JAKARTA, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has set mostly higher coal reference prices, known as the coal benchmark price (HBA), for January 2025.
On a monthly basis, the HBA for high-calorie coal with a calorific value of 6,322 kcal/kg GAR rose by 1.22 percent to 124.01 U.S. dollars per ton in January, compared to 122.51 dollars per ton in the previous month.
The HBA for coal with a calorific value of 5,300 kcal/kg increased by 0.59 percent to 83.95 dollars per ton, up from 81.59 dollars per ton in December 2024.
Similarly, the HBA for coal with a calorific value of 4,100 kcal/kg rose by 1.87 percent to 52.75 dollars per ton, compared to 51.78 dollars per ton last month.
However, the HBA for coal with a calorific value of 3,400 kcal/kg weakened by 1.64 percent, falling to 34.70 dollars per ton from the previous month's 35.28 dollars per ton.
Coal with the highest calorific value, namely 6,322 kcal/kg, is the reference selling price for the provision of electricity and fuel industry, except for the metal mineral processing and refining industry. ■
