Study on landslide at Berau Coal?s mine to be completed in one month

The team of independent experts which is conducting a study on landslide at Berau Coal?s mining site in East Kalimantan is expected to complete its work in one month, company president director Jeffrey Mulyono told Petromindo.Com on Saturday.

?We expect the team to finish its research in one month?s time,? Jeffrey said. The team started its work about one week ago.

Jeffrey said the experts included those from Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) and a foreign consulting firm.

He further said landslide had occurred at H3 Sub-Block on Berau Coal?s mining site in Binungan. Three workers of Berau Coal?s contractor Bukit Makmur were killed in the landslide which occurred on Sept. 15.

Jeffrey said on Saturday the H3 Sub-Block had not yet resumed operation, pending the results of the landslide study.

Jeffrey added the landslide had slightly impacted Berau?s coal production.

The Binungan mine normally turns out 250,000 tons of coal per month. Meanwhile, Berau coal produced 6.7 million tons of coal in 2001. (godang)