Indonesia approves coal miners' production plans for 2008 JAKARTA (Thomson Financial) - The Indonesian government has approved the 2008 production plans proposed by six major coal miners, said Mangantar Marpaung, the Energy Ministry's director for coal and mineral development, on Thursday.
"We have discussed the production plans from the six miners and have approved them," he said. The country's biggest coal miner PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) has proposed to produce 46.27 million tons of coal this year while its sister company PT Arutmin Indonesia planned to produce 20.30 million tons. Both KPC and Arutmin are controlled by PT Bumi Resources. Meanwhile, PT Adaro Indonesia has projected an output of 38.0 million tons and PT Kideco Jaya Agung has planned for 22.0 million tons. PT Berau Coal has targeted to produce 14.13 million tons while PT Indominco Mandiri proposed to produce 11.17 million tons, he said.
