Lati Coal Mine

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Lati Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Sambakungan, Berau, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Lati Coal Mine	Sambakungan, Berau, East Kalimantan, Indonesia	2.219299, 117.604699 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1995	–

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
–	11.5	2024	Surface	Open Pit	–	50.0*	928.0*

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
34.0	2023	258.0	Tarakan	Subbituminous	Thermal	Coal Plant

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
PT Berau Coal	Sojitz Corp [10.0%]; PT Sinar Mas Group; small shareholder(s) [17.0%]	Indonesia

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
ROM	12.4	12.2	12.5	8.2	9.8	7.7	7.9	11.5	–

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 Lati coal mine is an opencast mine, operated by Berau Coal Energy, with a capacity of 10 million tonnes-per-annum (MTPA) in Sambakungan, Gunung Tabur, Berau, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Along with the Binungan coal mine and Sambarata coal mine, it produces a combined 32 million tonnes per annum. Berau Coal Energy operates the Lati mine.

• Sponsor:Berau Coal Energy
• Parent company:
• Location: Sambakungan, Gunung Tabur, Berau, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
• Coordinates: 2.219299, 117.604699 (exact)
• Status: operating
• Capacity: 10 MTPA
• Reserves: 100.87 MT
• In service:1995
• Permits:
• Coal type:
• Mining method: opencast

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