Delta Dunia reports May coal output of 2.4m

By Brigida Ernestina Elu Wea

IDX-listed coal mining services company PT Delta DuniaTbksaid that coal production in May of this year reached 2.4 million tons, making total output in the first five months to reach 12.8 million tons, or 41.3 percent of the full-year target of 31 million tons.

Corporate Secretary ErrintoPardede said on Tuesday that production volume in May was the same as in April. He added that the highest production level during the first five months was reached in February at 2.9 million tons.

Meanwhile, overburden removal volume in May reached 24.2 million bank cubic meters (bcm), higher than 22.3 million bcm in April.

Errinto said that overburden removal volume in the first five months of this year reached 108.9 million bcm, or 40.3 percent of the full-year target of 270 million bcm. The highest volume was achieved in May.

Delta through subsidiary PT Bukit MakmurMandiriUtama provides mining services for coal firms PT Adaro Indonesia, PT Berau Coal, PT Bayan Resources and PT Kideco Jaya Agung, which operate mines in Kalimantan.

Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak