Bayan amends coal sale facility agreement

Coal miner PT Bayan Resources Tbk said on Tuesday that it has signed deed of amendment over facility agreement and FOB (free on board) contract for the sale & puchase of coal with Vitol Asia Pte Ltd last Thursday (Feb 25).

The original facility agreement between the two parties was signed on Nov. 25, 2007 . The second amendment was made on June 25, 2009 .

Under the latest amendment, installment made by Bayan Resources is raised to US$6.5 from US$5, for every ton of coal delivered to Vitol.

Both sides also agreed to delay the delivery of coal amounting to 1.18 million tons from initial plan of 2010 to between 2011 and 2014.

In addition, it was also agreed to reduce the recovery amount that must be paid under export contract worth US$9.26 million. (Roffie Kurniawan)

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When Adaro is bigger than BUMI

Adaro Energy (ADRO) closed 2009 as the biggest coal company in terms of market capitalization with Rp55.3 trillion, bigger than Bumi Resources (Rp47 trillion) even though it produced far less coal and has far smaller assets. The combined market capitalization of six major coal producers listed on IDX is US$22 billion.

BUMI was the most active stock traded on the whole exchange. The company is also the most aggressive in raising new loans. BUMI and ADRO raised over US$5 billion from the debt market in 2009. Combined with Bayan and Indika, coal producers raised lot more loans than any sector in the country.

BUMI stock price surged 166% in 2009, while Adaro skyrocketed by 257%. Third largest coal producer in terms of market cap is Bukit Asam (Rp39.7 trillion), followed by Indo Tambangraya (Rp35.9 trillion), Bayan Resources (Rp18.8 trillion), and Indika Energy (Rp11.6 trillion).  

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