| 08/25/2009 - Upgraded Coal Now Produced at World's Largest Clean Coal Facility |
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HIGHLIGHTS: • First production of upgraded coal • Upgraded coal produced with significant energy increases achieved over feed coal • Commissioning of Tabang Facility progressing to plan Jakarta 25 August 2009 - PT Bayan Resources Tbk. (IDX:BYAN) are pleased to announce that in line with their commissioning schedule, their joint venture company PT Kaltim Supacoal (KSC) is now producing upgraded clean coal briquettes at KSC’s 1 million tonne per annum Binderless Coal Briquetting plant (BCB Plant) in Tabang, Indonesia.
As previously advised, KSC has been commissioning the Tabang Facility for the last two months. This has involved the simultaneous commissioning of the BCB Plant and a 10 MW coal fired Power Station. In accordance with the commissioning schedule, yesterday the Plant operators ran all components of the BCB Plant under temporary power conditions, from the raw coal feeder breaker, to the drying column, to multiple briquetting units and finally to the product out-loading bin. All processes operated to specification resulting in the BCB Plant producing its first run of upgraded coal. The commissioning plan now moves to the next phase whereby KSC will operate the BCB Plant under temporary power on a continuous 24 hour basis for a number of days. About Bayan Resources PT Bayan Resources Tbk and subsidiaries (Bayan Group) are one of the largest coal producing groups in Indonesia with integrated coal mining, processing and logistics operations. It is engaged in the business of surface open cut mining of thermal coal and one of the few large coal producing groups in Indonesia that mines and sells high calorific value coal. It also produces other grades of coal including environmentally-friendly, low sulfur sub-bituminous coal and semi-soft coking coal.  For more information, please contact: Jenny Quantero PT Bayan Resources Tbk Graha Irama Building Lt.12 Jl. HR Rasuna Said Blok X-1 Kav 1&2 Jakarta Selatan -12950 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Telp: 526 9868 and Fax: 526 9866 Website : www.bayan.com.sg |