PT BERAU COAL
Type: Thermal Coal
Concession area: 118,400ha
Total Reserves: 512mt
Coal Contract of Work (“CCoW”): Concession granted to PT Berau until 2025, with further extensions envisaged.
Asia Resource Minerals plc is a FTSE listed resources company with an 84.7% controlling interest in PT Berau, the fifth-largest thermal coal producer in Indonesia. PT Berau has three principal open cut mining operations: Lati, Binungan and Sambarata, located in a 118,400 hectare concession area in East Kalimantan. Production of thermal coal is blended to adjust the overall quality grade of the product, with current calorific values ranging from 5,000 kcal/kg to 5,700 kcal/kg (on a ‘gross as received’ basis) for use mainly in coal fired power plants.
2013 | 2012 | |||
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Thermal Coal | 100% basis (million tonnes) | ARM attributable share (million tonnes) | 100% basis (million tonnes) | ARM attributable share (million tonnes) |
Proven | 233 | 178 | 190 | 145 |
Probable | 279 | 212 | 298 | 227 |
Total Reserves | 512 | 390 | 488 | 372 |