Indonesia's Bukit Asam Eyes $3.1 bln Plant to Convert Coal to Synthetic Natural Gas

MINING COMPANY - JAKARTA. Indonesian state coal miner Bukit Asam is studying a plan to invest $3.1 billion into a plant to convert coal into synthetic natural gas, its chief executive said on Monday.

It would be Bukit Asam's latest attempt to produce gas from coal, as the government pushes for domestic value addition on its natural resources, after its partner pulled out from a project to produce dymethyl ether gas.

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