Balingian Coal Mine

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Balingian Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Jalan Bukut, Mukah Division, Sarawak, Malaysia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Balingian Coal Mine	Jalan Bukut, Mukah Division, Sarawak, Malaysia	2.7408969, 112.4729203 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2018	–

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
1.3	–	–	Surface	Open Pit	410.0	494.0*	1200*

Table 4: Coal resources and destination

Total Reserves (Mt)	Year of Total Reserves Recorded	Total Resources (Mt)	Coalfield	Coal Type	Coal Grade	Primary Consumer/ Destination
–	–	–	Sarawak	Subbituminous	Thermal	Balingian New power station

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Balingian Energy Minerals Sdn Bhd [100%]	Sarawak Energy Bhd [100%]	Malaysia

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	–	–	3.06	2.68	2.94	3.09	–

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2025 release.

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Background

Balingian Coal Mine is a mine in Balingian, Sarawak, Malaysia. Balingian Energy Minerals (BEM) operates the mine, which is owned by Sarawak Energy. The mine supplies the Sarawak Energy power plant, Balingian New power station, which is on the same company site.

• Operator: Balingian Energy Minerals (BEM)
• Owner: Sarawak Energy
• Location: Balingian, Sarawak, Malaysia
• Coordinates: 2.7408969, 112.4729203 (Exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production: 1.6 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa)
• Total Reserves:
• Mineable Reserves:
• Coal Type: (Thermal)
• Mine Type:
• Start Year:
• Source of Financing:

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