By MYRNA M. VELASCO
Manila Bulletin
MANILA, Philippines — The country’s coal-fired plants still logged considerable jump in fuel importation last year given that domestic production cannot support the industry’s demand yet.
It can be gleaned from Department of Energy (DoE) documents that the power sector remains the biggest end-user of coal on its needs for electricity generation.
Despite the reported increase in the production of the Semirara Mining Corporation, it was gathered from energy officials that domestic supply is still very much in a ‘catch-up mode’ vis-à -vis demand.
The total volume of run-of-mine coal importation hovered at 10.96 million metric tons. Roughly 10.89 million MT were sourced from Indonesia; while 68,169MT were from Vietnam.
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