JAKARTA (AFP): Indonesia on Thursday (Jan 6) revoked thousands of permits for mining, coal and forestry as the government battles to rein in its vast resources sector.
President Joko Widodo's announcement comes during a wrangle with coal producers over their failure to supply the domestic market, which sparked a ban on overseas shipments by the world's biggest thermal coal exporter.
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