East Kutai Coal Mine

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East Kutai Coal Mine is a cancelled coal mine in East Kutai, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
East Kutai Coal Mine	East Kutai, East Kalimantan, Indonesia	1.03769, 117.83112 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Cancelled	–	–	–

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
30	–	–	Surface	Open Pit	–	50*	*

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
30	–	–	–	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Leighton Contractors	Churchill Mining [75%] and Ridlatama Group [25%].	–

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.

Background

The East Kutai coal mine was a proposed opencast mine, operated by Leighton contractors, subsidiary of Churchill Mining and Ridlatama Group, with a potential capacity of 30 million tonnes per annum, in East Kutai, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

The mine came under increasing scrutiny and opposition and was shelved and cancelled. According to Mining Technology, "Construction was expected to begin in 2010 with completion slated for 2012. However, a legal dispute between the company and the local administrative tribunal over the validity of the mine’s license has delayed the project. The company has been alleged to have forged the mine’s license."

Claimed reserves are 2.73 billion tons (693mt measured, 825mt indicated and 1.2bn tons).

• Owner: Leighton contractors
• Parent company: Churchill Mining (75%) and Ridlatama Group (25%).
• Location: East Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
• GPS coordinates: 1.037690, 117.831120
• Mine status: Cancelled
• Start year:’
• Capacity: 30 MTPA
• Mineable reserves: 273 MT.
• Coal type:
• Mine size: 35000 hectares
• Mine type: opencast
• Additional proposed production:
• Equipment:
• Number of employees:

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