PT Madhucon Indonesia, a subsidiary of the Hyderabad-based infrastructure company Madhucon Projects Ltd, has been granted a new coal mining business permit for exploration of 30,970 hectares at Mauraduwa in south Sumatra, Indonesia.
The company will employ various agencies for environmental impact, coal exploration analysis and necessary clearances. It expects approvals for production within the next four years, the company said in a filing to the BSE on Monday.
Madhucon already operates a coal mine of 10,000 hectares at Dawas in south Sumatra and is setting up logistics and other necessary infrastructure facilities. Coal production has just commenced and this mine is estimated to have reserves of 900 million tonnes.
The company is also in possession of another coal mine in Indonesia in east Kalimantan under a mining contract, it added.
Madhucon’s scrip closed Monday’s trade on the BSE, 2.94 per cent down, at Rs 148.65 over the previous close of Rs 153.15.
