Indonesian Railway Boosts Bukit Asam’s Potential
State-owned PT Batubara Bukit Asam Tbk
intends to become the country’s largest
coal producer in 2016 with production
expected to reach 70 million mt/y. Bukit
Asam President Director Sukrisno
expressed optimistically the company
would meet its target. “With the additional
coal shipping railway infrastructure and
coal collection port, we are optimistic we
will become the biggest national player,”
said Sutrisno at the signing of cooperation
to develop a 270-km-long coal shipping
railway from Tanjung Enim to Tanjung Api-
Api. Sukrisno said the company’s present
capacity is around 12 million mt/y. The
$1.6 billion railway project is expected to
operate in 2014 with a load capacity of 35
million mt/y.
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