Tabang Project Coal Mines

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Tabang Project Coal Mines is an operating coal mine in Gunung Sari, Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Tabang Project Coal Mines	Gunung Sari, Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan, Indonesia	0.550906, 116.126335 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2011	–

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
–	34.2	2022	Surface	Open Pit	30	50*	5647*

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
1692	2022	–	Kutai	Subbituminous	Thermal	Balikpapan Coal Terminal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
PT Bara Tabang	PT Bayan Resources Tbk [90.0%]	Indonesia

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	15	22	25	24	32	34	43

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 Tabang Project Coal Mines are an opencast mine complex, operated by PT Bara Tabang, a subsidiary of Bayan Reources in Tabang, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Fajar Tabang Brian(FTB),North Pakar and South Pakar are collectively called the Tabang Project. As of 2020, PT Bara Tabang, a subsidiary of Bayan Reources, operates the coal mines. The operations are also separately known as Fajar Sakti Prima and Brian Anjat Sentosa.

• Sponsor: PT Bara Tabang
• Parent company:Bayan Reources
• Location: Tabang, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
• Coordinates: 0.550906, 116.126335 (approximate)
• Status: operating
• Capacity: 22.7 MTPA
• Production: 19.506 million tonnes (2020) 30.9 million tonnes (2021)
• Reserves: 262 MT
• In service: 2003
• Permits:
• Coal type:subbituminous
• Mining method: opencast

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