BHP Billiton Ltd. plans to sell only a 25 percent stake in a coal project in Indonesia as it wants to retain control of the asset, said Indra Diannanjaya, president director of the unit, PT Maruwai Coal.
The Maruwai coal mine in Indonesia’s part of Borneo island will start production at the end of 2010 and output is expected to reach 40 million metric tons in the next 10 to 15 years, Diannanjaya said.
“We only plan to sell a 25 percent stake because we want to stay as a majority stakeholder and as the operator,” Diannanjaya said in an interview in Jakarta today. The stake sale “will give an opportunity to domestic companies to become our strategic partner in the coal mine.”
BHP Billiton said Sept. 16 a number of groups were interested in buying the coal project in Indonesia’s Central Kalimantan province. PT Medco Energi Internasional, PT Adaro Energy, PT Aneka Tambang and PT Indika Energy are among companies interested in the project, Bambang Setiawan, a director general of the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, said Sept. 15.
Investor Daily Indonesia reported on Jan. 7 BHP Billiton has selected PT Adaro Energy as a strategic partner to develop the coal project, citing a person it didn’t identify.
Source: Bloomberg
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