{
  "id": 19355186,
  "title": "China’s Coal Buyers Resist Waiver Demands in New Indonesian Deals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/chinas-coal-buyers-resist-waiver-demands-in-new-indonesian-deals",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-10T15:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "OilPrice",
    "slug": "oilprice",
    "url": "https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Chinas-Coal-Buyers-Resist-Waiver-Demands-in-New-Indonesian-Deals.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Indonesian coal exporters are pushing for waiver clauses in contracts with Chinese buyers, but those buyers are resistant, according to Bloomberg sources. This comes as Indonesia, the world's top exporter of thermal coal, has altered its production and export policies multiple times this year, causing international shipments to be hindered. China, the world's leading coal consumer, has had to adjust its imports and domestic production in response. Indonesian thermal coal exports have been impacted by government-imposed production quotas and uncertainties surrounding the country's coal mining and exporting sectors. Recent El Niño weather patterns have further reduced rainfall, lowered river water levels, and disrupted coal barge movements to export ports. The Indonesian government recently slashed coal mining quotas, and El Niño has also contributed to lower export volumes. Now, Indonesian exporters are reportedly seeking waiver clauses in the new contracts with Chinese buyers, which would protect them from delivering contracted volumes if the Indonesian government restricts production or export quotas again. However, Chinese buyers are declining to accept such clauses, citing comfortable inventory levels and expectations of improved domestic supply. As a result, Chinese coal imports have fallen by 6% from a year earlier in September and by another 6% in October, despite elevated prices. Fitch Ratings predicts that thermal coal prices in Asia will remain high in the near term due to strengthening demand from the ongoing gas-to-coal transition and reduced supply from China and Indonesia.",
  "summary": "China’s coal importers are resisting attempts by Indonesian exporters to include waiver clauses in the new supply contracts to free them from strict delivery volumes if the Indonesian government decides to restrict export or output quotas again, sources familiar with the negotiations have told Bloomberg. Indonesia, which is the world’s biggest exporter of thermal coal, has changed its production…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}