Arkara Prathama Energi Mine

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Arkara Prathama Energi Mine is an operating coal mine in Rantau Makmur, East Kutai, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Arkara Prathama Energi Mine	Rantau Makmur, East Kutai, East Kalimantan, Indonesia	0.587412, 117.245648 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	New	2022	–

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	0.8	2023	Surface	Open Pit	–	50.0*	220*

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
12.0	2010	39.0	Kutai	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
PT Arkara Prathama Energi [100%]	PT Arkara Wira Sanjaya [70.0%]; PT Harum Energy Tbk[30%]	Indonesia

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

The Tambang Batubara Harum (TBH) coal mine is now known as Arkara Prathama Energi (APE) mine, is an operating open-pit mine., was established in 1997. In 2022, most of the Company’s shares of TBH were transferred to PT Arkara Wira Sanjaya, which therefore the Company no longer has control over TBH. As of the end of 2023, APE continues TBH’s footprint and started commercial mining activities at the end of 2022.

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