Churchill completes land acquisition for coal port in E. Kutai

Indonesian-focused UK coal mining firm Churchill Mining PLC announced on Thursday that it has completed the purchase of the land to be used as the site of the future port facility for the shipment of coal from the East Kutai Coal Project, East Kalimantan province.

The port stockyard comprises an area of just over 340 hectares and will have four stockpiles of approximately 500m each in length with a total storage capacity of 852,000 tonnes. Transportation of coal from the port stockyard will be by a series of conveyors on to a jetty extending 1,500m to deep water. The wharf facility at the end of the jetty will be equipped with two dedicated ship loaders capable of handling 30Mtpa of coal, the company said.

The wharf facility will handle shipping from Handymax to Capesize 210,000 DWT vessels, it said.

As announced in September 2010, Churchill received internal sign-off on the port site from the Department of Transportation Initiating the land acquisition process in cooperation with the local community and relevant government departments. The location of the port facility is a key component for the direct access of exporting thermal coal to the international markets. (denny)