Batulicin Coal Mine

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Batulicin Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Batulicin, Tanah Bumbu, South Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Batulicin Coal Mine	Batulicin, Tanah Bumbu, South Kalimantan, Indonesia	-3.390450127, 116.0126687 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2003	–

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
15	6.3	2023	Surface	Open Pit	0.43	50.0*	663.0*

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
13.19	2024	167.0	Barito	Subbituminous	Thermal	Terminal (Export)

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
PT Arutmin Indonesia	unknown [30.0%]; PT Bumi Resources Tbk [70.0%]	Indonesia

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
ROM	5.5	5.4	4	3	8.7	6.3	6.3	–	–

Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2026 release.

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Background

The Batulicin coal mine is an opencast mine, operated by PT Arutmin Indonesia, a subsidiary of Bumi Resources, with a capacity of 5.9 million tonnes-per-annum (MTPA), north of Batulicin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia. As of 2020, PT Arutmin Indonesia, a subsidiary of Bumi Resources, operates the coal mine.

In November 2001 Bumi Resources acquired 80% of PT Arutmin Indonesia (Arutmin) from BHP Minerals Exploration Inc. At the time of acquisition, Arutmin was the fourth largest coal producer in Indonesia. In April 2004, Bumi Resources brought its shareholding in Arutmin up to 99.99% and the following year undertook a minor divestment of its shareholding in KPC. In 2007 Bumi Resources sold a 30% share of the company to Tata Power of India.

On its website the company states that "Ata coal is characterized by low ash, high sulphur, high Cv -, Mereh & Saring coal is characterized by high ash, low sulphur, low CV. Given the quality differentiation at these deposits, each deposit must be operated as separate unit The Ata coal should be blended with the Mereh and Saring deposits and washed to enhance the marketability of the final product."

• Sponsor: PT Arutmin Indonesia
• Parent company:Bumi Resources
• Location: Batulicin, South Kalimanta, Indonesia.
• Coordinates: -3.256975, 116.019495 (approximate)
• Status: operating
• Capacity: 5.9 MTPA)
• Reserves: 60 MT (proven and probable)
• In service: 2003
• Permits:
• Coal type: Lignite
• Mining method: Surface, opencast

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