At the same time East Kalimantan, where Bayan operates, is considering plans to cap annual coal output in an effort to promote alternative energy and cut back on the damage coal mining has done to the environment.
But, in a parallel debate in the House of Commons, a series of Labour MPs spoke of the suffering and long-term damage done to mining communities by Conservative economic policies in the 1980s.
Beijing has denied the allegations in the WTO case, saying that it enforced the quotas to ensure there was no environmental damage caused due to excessive mining.