Toba Bara Sejahtra Siap Kucurkan Rp 500 Miliar

PT Toba Bara Sejahtra Tbk dalam tiga tahun ke depan akan menganggarkan belanja modal senilai Rp 500 miliar. Belanja modal itu akan digunakan untuk pengembangan usaha perseroan.

Presiden Direktur Toba Bara Sejahtra Justarina Naiborhu mengatakan, pihaknya menganggarkan belanja modal sebesar Rp 500 miliar untuk periode 2012-2014. “Dana belanja modal itu digunakan untuk eksplorasi dan membantu produksi dengan membuat hauling road, pembebasan lahan dan pemboran,” kata dia, di Jakarta, hari ini.

Justarina menambahkan, tahun ini perseroan menganggarkan belanja modal sekitar Rp 270 miliar. Dana belanja modal tersebut akan didapatkan dari dana hasil penawaran umum saham perdana dan sisa pinjaman senilai US$ 35 juta dari total pinjaman senilai US$ 70 juta.

"Pinjaman tersebut kami peroleh dari BNP Paribas, Citibank, dan ANZ. Kami
menargetkan produksi batubara sebesar 7,6 juta ton pada 2012 dari produksi sebesar 5,2 juta ton pada 2011,” ujar dia.

Menurut Justarina, produksi batubara perseroan seluruhnya dijual ke pasar ekspor, seperti Cina, Malaysia dan Korea. Harga rata-rata batubara perseroan di atasUS$ 80 per ton. Perseroan telah melakukan hedging untuk produksi batubara sebanyak 1 juta ton dengan harga US$ 110- 114 per ton.

Perseroan juga memiliki tiga anak usaha, yaitu PT Adimitra Baratama Nusantara, PT Indomining, dan PT Trisensa Mineral Utama. Ketiganya beroperasi saling bersebelahan di wilayah Kalimantan Timur.

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Potensi Batubara Indonesia Mencapai 93 Miliar Ton

Indonesia patut berbangga dengan potensi sumber daya alamnya, khususnya batubara. Dari penyelidikan umum terakhir yang dilakukan Pusat Sumber Daya Geologi, Badan Geologi Departemen ESDM, terungkap cadangan batubara kita mencapai 93 miliar ton. Angka ini meningkat signifikan dari data yang telah dirilis tahun lalu.

Pada 2007, tercatat potensi batubara Indonesia mencapai 90,4 miliar ton. Tapi pada 2008 sudah meningkat menjadi 93 miliar ton. Kepala Pusat Sumber Daya Geologi, Hadiyanto, mengatakan perubahan signifikan ini setelah pihaknya bekerjasama dengan J-COAL, untuk membuat “The Joint Study on Evaluation of Coal Resources and Reserves in Indonesia”.

Dengan menggunakan software baru yang dipunyai, kata Hadiyanto, pihaknya mengumpulkan data-data dari perusahaan yang bergerak di batubara. Dari sana didapatkan perubahan yang signifikan, dimana sumber daya batubara kita sudah 93 miliar ton, dengan cadangannya yang mencapai 19 miliar ton.

“Padahal tahun yang lalu terdata cadangan batubara kita cuma 13,5 miliar ton,” tambahnya. Tahun ini, Pusat Sumber Daya Geologi juga memulai penelitian dan penyelidikan umum potensi dan cadangan batubara di Kalimantan Timur. Dengan begitu, dia optimis tahun depan jumlahnya akan bertambah lagi.

Untuk mengumpulkan data-data yang ada tahun ini, lanjut Hadiyanto, pihaknya melakukan penelitian terhadap seluruh tambang batubara di Sumatera Selatan. Tiga tahun penelitian itu dikerjakan, sampai akhirnya menemukan resources yang baru.

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Pacific rains rally coal prices, but limited upside

Pacific rains rally coal prices, but limited upside
31 Jan 2012 17:12 GMT
London, 31 January (Argus) — Supply-side factors have dictated coal prices over the past fortnight, UK bank Standard Chartered said today, but it sees limited upside going forward.

Wet weather in Australia has tightened Newcastle supply and the onset of the monsoon in Indonesia has added to supply-side fears in the Pacific. Heavy rainfall and flooding on the east coast of Australia is forecast over the next few weeks. This could further affect production and drive up Newcastle coal prices, Standard Chartered said. The bank also expects Chinese buying and enquiries to resume after the lunar new year holidays.

China overtook Japan as the world's largest coal importer in 2011 with 182.4mn t of coal compared with Japan's 175.2mn t, driven by Chinese demand, sluggish Japanese steel production and the loss of Japanese coal-fired power after the earthquake. Standard Chartered forecasts 126.5mn t of Chinese thermal coal imports this year against 120mn t for Japan, but the largest importer will depend on coking coal imports.

But despite the resumption of Chinese buying, Standard Chartered remains cautious. “Buyers are hesitant to commit to purchasing cargoes on a longer-term basis, given uncertain market sentiment,” Standard Chartered said, which should cap coal prices in the near term. The bank forecasts 2012 API2 prices at $112/t, with API4 prices at $107/t and Newcastle at $116/t. In the near term, it sees an API2 price of $110/t for the first quarter of 2012 and $111/t for the second quarter next year, against API4 prices of $104/t and $106/t over the same period.

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Indonesia considers 25pc tax on coal exports

Indonesia considers 25pc tax on coal exports
04 Apr 2012 04:30 GMT
Singapore, 4 April (Argus) — Indonesia may impose a 25pc export tax on coal in the near future in a bid to ensure sufficient supplies for domestic consumption.

Indonesia's finance ministry is carrying out a detailed feasibility study to decide on the exact tax rate as well as when and for how long it will be implemented, a senior official at the Indonesia Mining Association said.

A 25pc rate is under discussion, but this could change depending on market reaction. Indonesia does not currently tax exports of coal.

But the tax will be controversial and may be challenged by suppliers looking to receive compensation, potentially delaying its implementation.

“It is difficult for the government to impose the tax without tradeoffs such as lowering the corporate tax from 45pc to 25pc or royalties from 15.5pc to 7pc,” the official said.

The Indonesian government is taking an increasingly hands-on approach to coal regulation, last month announcing a new law requiring foreign investors to sell a majority stake in coal mines after 10 years of production.

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