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Indonesia's Coal Exports Sink 23% as Global Demand Heads for a Record
The world’s biggest exporter of thermal coal, Indonesia, is not benefiting from tightening global coal markets amid an Asian switch to coal from gas due to the Middle East crisis choking LNG supply. Indonesian thermal coal exports have been crimped this year by government production quotas and heigh
Why it matters
CL (Crude Oil (WTI)) · Why linked: Middle East crisis choking LNG supply drives gas-to-coal switching, tying coal markets to broader energy dynamics. Market context: Sustained LNG supply disruption from the Middle East supports elevated demand for coal as a substitute, with knock-on effects for energy markets.
BZ (Brent Crude Oil) · Why linked: Middle East LNG supply disruption referenced as the driver of coal demand shifts. Market context: Middle East LNG constraints keep global energy prices elevated, supporting oil and coal benchmarks.
How CL, BZ usually react
This story is too recent for its own reaction record — we score each asset against the actual price move 24h after publication. These are the long-run figures across every event we have tracked for them.
| Asset | Events | Avg max move | Closed lower |
|---|---|---|---|
| CL | 128 | +3.10% | 38% |
| BZ | 121 | +2.86% | 38% |
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