Berau Coal

PT. Berau Coal is a major Indonesian coal mining company which operates in East Kalimantan. The U.S. Geological Survey lists Berau Coal as mining 13 million tonnes of coal in 2006.

Businessweek describes the company as a "coal contractor" which "was founded in 1983" and "operates as a subsidiary of PT Armadian Tritunggal." Newsweek states that the company "produces Indonesian sub-bituminous coal which is used as a fuel for power utilities in Indonesia, Chile, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and internationally."

Berau Coal has a transshipment facility at the Muara Pantai Coal Terminal located in the Sulawesi sea. The company uses shipping cranes to load coal directly from barges to ships with a loading rate of 12,000 tonnes per day. The company uses a submersible trans-shipper to transfer coal to ships from barges, with a loading rate of 15,000 to 18,000 tonnes per day.

In November 2010, Vallar combined with 25 percent of Indonesian coal producer PT Bumi Resources and 75 percent of PT Berau Coal Energy. It was reported that the $3 billion takeover would make Vallar the biggest exporter of coal to China.

Ownership
PT. Berau Coal is a joint venture between PT. Armadian Tritunggal (51%), the Netherlands based company dan Rognar Holding B.V (39%), and the Japanaese company Sojitz Corporation (10%).

Overseas business
Korea South East Power Co Ltd purchased 130,000 tonnes of sub-bituminous or bituminous coal from Berau Coal Energy Tbk PT on a free-on-board (FOB) basis.

Contact Details
Jl. Pemuda No.40 Tanjung Redeb 77311, Berau Kalimantan Timur PO BOX 114 Phone :(62-554) 23400, (62-21) 5794 4625 Fax : (62-554) 23465,(62-21) 5794 4626 Website: http://www.beraucoal.co.id/

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