By Adianto P. Simamora
IDX-listed coal miner PT Adaro Energy Tbk plans to produce 660,000 tons per annum (tpa) of methanol from the company's planned coal gasification project at its mining site of Tabalong in South Kalimantan Province.
Bank Indonesia said in its material presentation at a recent webinar on downstream sector that Adaro would develop coal gasification project with input capacity of 1.3 million tons of coal per year.
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Bank Indonesia quoting the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources said that the coal gasification project is targeted to start operations in 2025.
Dharma Djojonegoro, President Director of PT Adaro Power, a subsidiary of Adaro Energy, earlier said that the company was still in preliminary study with a technology provider on the proposed gasification project.
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak
