JBG Coal Mine

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JBG Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Tanah Laut, South Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
JBG Coal Mine	Tanah Laut, South Kalimantan, Indonesia	-3.978889, 114.967228 (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
Operating	–	1999	–

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
–	0.9	2022	Surface	Open Pit	–	50*	#REF!*

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
7.3	2022	62.7	–	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
PT Jorong Barutama Greston	Banpu	Thailand

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	0.85	2.1	1.64	1	0.9	0.21	0.57

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker April 2024 release and the September and December supplements.

Background

The Jorong Barutuma Gretson (JBG) is an opencast coal mine, operated by PT Jorong Barutuma Gretson, a subsidiary of Inda Tambangraya Megah located 105 km south of Banjarmasi, South Kalimantan, Indonesia.

In 2017, the mine closed due to reserve depletion, but in 2019 was open again with an estimated reserve size of 11.8 million tonnes. According to petromindo.com, JBG operates as a wholly­ owned subsidiary of Indonesia-listed mining firm PT Inda Tambangraya Megah Tbk. (ITM) whose shares are majority-owned by the BanpuGroupofThailand (BanpuPie.) through PT Centralink Wisesa International (CWI).”

Production at the mine began in 1999 and, according to petromindo.com in 2016, was planned to cease in 2017, due to reserves depletion.

• Owner: Jorong Barutuma Gretson
• Parent company: Inda Tambangraya Megah Tb
• Location: Near Jorong, Tanuh Luat, South Kalimantan, Indonesia
• GPS coordinates:-3.978889, 114.967228
• Mine status: Operating
• Start year: 1999
• Mineable reserves: 11.8 million tonnes
• Coal type: sub-bituminous coal
• Mine size: 10,515 hectares
• Mine type: Surface
• Production: 2.14 million tons per annum (2019); 0.979 million tonnes (2020)
• Equipment:
• Number of employees:

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