JAKARTA: Australian miner BHP Billiton's controversial Indomet coal project in Kalimantan is in doubt following a reported decision by the minister for national development planning to withdraw support for the construction of a railway that would transport coal from the remote mine sites to the port.
Jan 25, 2013· On Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo, dirty coal is waiting to be unearthed. Indonesia is already the world's largest exporter of thermal coal used by power stations and it provides about half of China's coal imports.
The IndoMet project, a joint venture between Australian miner BHP Billiton and Indonesia's Adaro Energy, covers 350,000 hectares of coalmining concessions across Central and East Kalimantan, which are estimated to contain more than billion metric tons of thermal and coking coal.
Australian mining companies BHP Billiton and Cokal are about to start bulldozing and clearing Indonesian rainforest to make way for massive opencut coal mines. This development is one of 14 developments that Greenpeace calls "the worst of the worst" 14 projects that combined, will push the planet's climate past the point of no return.
May 27, 2014· The Indomet project, a joint venture with Indonesian miner Adaro Energy, incorporates seven coal contracts of work covering a combined area of 350,000 hectares — over fourandahalf times the size of Greater Jakarta — straddling Central and East Kalimantan, from which BHP estimates more than billion tons of thermal and metallurgical coal could be unearthed.
BHP Billiton's IndoMet mine is a disaster in the making. If BHP Billiton is serious about becoming a leader in responsible mining, it should withdraw from IndoMet immediately and seek permanent protection for the area. The Heart of Borneo is simply too precious a place to destroy.
Dec 27, 2014· Australian miner BHP Billiton's controversial Indomet coal project in Kalimantan is in doubt following a reported decision by the minister for national development planning to .
Indonesia is one of the largest exporters of coal in the world with exports increasing by three times between . BHP Billiton, as stated in its 2010 Alternative Annual Report, owns seven mining concessions stretching across 355,000 hectares in Central Kalimantan a province in the southern part of Indonesian Borneo.
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May 27, 2014· Now Maruwai's residents — indigenous Dayaks who have lived in Kalimantan's forests and rivers for decades — face a massive expansion of mining in the area as global giant BHP Billiton gears up for the first of a series of planned opencut coal mines inside the Heart of Borneo.
Sep 09, 2015· BHP Billiton could soon increase its Indonesian coal mining efforts, with the company's Indonesian coal boss announcing a second mine for Borneo. Mark Small spoke this week at the Ozmine Jakarta conference, organised by the Australian government body Austrade.
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AUSTRALIAN mining giant BHP Billiton has hit a roadblock on its coal mine in Indonesian Borneo after finally starting operations. The company begun mobilising the Haju mine, the first stage in its massive 350,000ha IndoMet project, after being delayed by the global financial crisis.
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Jul 25, 2007· BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining company, plans to develop seven "forest mines" in the socalled "Heart of Borneo", an expanse of biodiverse rainforest on the tropical island ...
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BHP Billiton to Begin Work on Indonesia Coal Project. SYDNEY—BHP Billiton Ltd. said Thursday it plans to begin work on the US billion IndoMet coal project in Indonesia within weeks, a move that would open up a new mining area to help meet Asian demand. Jointventure companies controlled by BHP and Indonesia's PT Adaro Energy will start...
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Oct 25, 2015· BHP is not the first company mining coal in the region, with more than 400 million tonnes exported from Indonesia every year, and much of that from Borneo. BHP has also noted recently that about 70 per cent of the leases within the Indomet project are also leased for logging.