Adani signs $1.6bn coal infrastructure deal
Tuesday, January 25 2011 - 05:19 PM WIB
Adani Enterprises Ltd, the flagship company of Adani Group on Tuesday inked an agreement for a setting up a $1.65 billion ?rail and port project? with the government of Indonesia and PT Bukit Asam Tbk, the government-owned coal mining company of Indonesia. The project will be executed by PT Adani Global, a subsidiary of Adani Enterprises, over 48 months, the company said in a press release.
The pact was signed by Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani with Alex Noerdin, the governor of the South Sumatra province of Indonesia, and Sukrisno, president-director, PT Bukit Asam Tbk, in the presence of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyno here on Tuesday. ?We at Adani are committed towards coal mining and development of a world class port, rail and power infrastructure in Indonesia,? Gautam Adani said in the statement.(*)