Thiess awarded $300m Sangatta coal expansion contract

By Romel S. Gurky

CIMIC Group?s global mining services provider, Thiess, has been awarded a A$300 million contract by coal firm Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) to expand operations at Sangatta coal mine in East Kalimantan Province.

CIMIC said in a statement on Tuesday the contract will extend the current life-of-mine contract, increasing coal production at the Melawan pit by 12 million tons and overburden removal by 130 million bcm over four years, until December 2021.

?This contract demonstrates Thiess? longstanding commitment to delivering value to our clients across our global mining platform. I am pleased to see our team continue to grow and prosper in Indonesia, where we have been operating for some 29 years,? said CIMIC CEO, Adolfo Valderas in the statement.

Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak