Explainer - How Indonesia, the world's top thermal coal exporter, hit a supply crunch


FILE PHOTO: Coal barges are pictured as they queue to be pulled along Mahakam river in Samarinda, East Kalimantan province, Indonesia, August 31, 2019. - Reuters

JAKARTA, Jan 79 (Reuters): Indonesia, the world's biggest thermal coal exporter, sent shockwaves through global energy markets this week by suspending exports of the fuel in January due to critically low coal supplies at domestic power plants.

WHY DID INDONESIAN AUTHORITIES DECIDE TO ACT?

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