Banpu operates BWE facility at Jorong mine site
Monday, December 22 2003 - 02:32 AM WIB
Thailand's energy conglomerate Banpu Plc. inaugurated on Monday the operation of its bucket wheel excavator (BWE) facility at its Jorong coal mining site in South Kalimantan.
The BWE facility, which was taken from Banpu's mining site in Thailand, has an annual capacity to remove some 6 million bcm of overburden.
The overburden would be conveyed on a 8 km belt conveyor to dumping site.
According to one of the company's official, the operation of the BWE facility would allow a cut in production costs.(Alex)