ABK Coal Mines

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ABK Coal Mines is an operating coal mine in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
ABK Coal Mines	Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia	-0.430956, 117.268994 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the coal mine:

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2001	–

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
–	6	2021	Surface	Open Pit	69	50*	1275*

Table 4: Coal resources and destination

Total Reserves (Mt)	Year of Total Reserves Recorded	Total Resources (Mt)	Coalfield	Coal Type	Coal Grade	Primary Consumer/ Destination
–	–	–	Kutai	Subbituminous	Thermal	Bakungan Port

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Anugerah Bara Kaltim	Anugerah Bara Kaltim [100%]	Indonesia

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	–	–	–	3	6	–	–

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker April 2024 release and the September supplement.

Background

The Anugerah Bara Kaltim coal mines (ABK) are an opencast mine complex, operated by PT Anugerah Bara Kaltim, with a capacity of 6 million tonnes-per-annum (MTPA) in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

The mines consist of 3 coal pits: Multi Sarana Avindo (MSA, Welarco Subur Jaya (WSJ), and Gerbang Daya Mandiri (GDM). PT Anugerah Bara Kaltim operates the ABK mines.

In 2021, the WSJ coal mine produced 3.292 million tonnes and GDM coal mine produced 0.433 million tonnes.

• Sponsor: PT Anugerah Bara Kaltim
• Parent company:
• Location: Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
• Coordinates: -0.430956, 117.268994 (approximate)
• Status: operating
• Capacity: 6 million tonnes per annum 3.292 million tonnes (WSJ); 0.433 (GDM)
• Reserves:
• In service: 1997
• Permits:
• Coal type: Subbituminous
• Mining method: Opencast

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