Malaysia has coal resources located in the states of Selangor, Perak, Perlis, Sarawak and Sabah. Current production of coal comes primarily from six mines in Sarawak. The DMG has estimated the country’s coal resources at some 1,724 million tonnes of which 274 million tonnes are measured, 347 million tonnes indicated and the balance of 1,102 million tonnes as inferred. Some 80 per cent of the resources are located in Sarawak, 19 per cent in Sabah and one per cent in Peninsular Malaysia. The largest reserves of coal are located in Merit Pila, Sarawak and in Maliau and Malibau, Sabah. Output in 2007 increased to 1,063,078 tonnes from 901,801 tonnes in 2006.
Malaysia’s demand for coal has been on the increase and is expected to rise to 19 million tonnes by 2010. Most of the country’s requirements are met by imports from Indonesia, Australia and China. They are consumed mainly by the power generation and cement plants, and to a lesser extent by the iron and steel plants. The country aims to boost coal’s share of the overall energy mix from the present 18 per cent to 30 per cent by 2010. Malaysia’s current domestic energy mix under its Five-Fuel Policy comprise oil, gas, hydro power, coal and renewable energy.
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