PTBA Boss Leaks Substitute For Air Product On DME Project: Most Serious From China

JAKARTA - PT Bukit Asam Tbk (PTBA) gave a leak of a company from China interested in replacing a company from the United States (US), Air Product to work on a coal gasification project into dimethyl ether (DME).

PTBA President Director Arsal Ismail said many Chinese companies expressed interest in joining this project. The company that conveyed its interest was a company that had previously worked on a coal gasification project into DME.

"Of some of those who are most serious today with our name East China Engineering Science and Technology (ECE)," Arsal said at the 2023 performance presentation Press Conference in Jakarta, Friday, March 8.

"That's the most serious thing we're exploring right now for the DME issue, besides we'll talk about its economy," he continued.

Meanwhile, the Director of Business Development of PTBA, Rafli Yandra, emphasized that his party would continue to conduct other studies with several investors.

"PTBA itself is still conducting other studies with several technologies and investors from both China and other countries," he concluded.