UT coal sales over 2.6MT as of May

By Demas Simbolon

Indonesia-listed heavy-equipment distributor and coal mining firm PT United Tractors (UT) Tbk reported Tuesday that coal sales during April period reached 425,000 tons from its two coal mines, Prima Multi Mineral (PMM) contributing 300,000 tons, and Tuah Turangga Agung (TTA) 350,000 tons.

TTA mine started first coal production at the end of 2010.

As of May, cumulative coal sales for the quarter reached 2.61 million tons, substantially increased compared to the same period in 2011 of 1.80 million tons.

Meanwhile, UT?s mining contractor unit PT Pamapersada Nusantara produced 8.3 million tons in May, up from 7.1 million tons in the same month of 2011. Pama?s overburden also increased to 75.8 million bcm compared to 68.3 million bcm in May 2011.

UT sold a total of 3,729 units of Komatsu heavy equipment for the quarter ending May of the year, a jump from 3,591 units in the same period of last year. Of the 3,729 units sold as of May, 2,286 units were sold to the mining sector

Editing by David Mustakim