Thursday, March 31, 2011

Profit Bumi Resources jumped

PT Bumi Resources Tbk, Indonesia's largest coal producer by volume, said net income jumped 63 percent last year. Profit climbed to $311 million from $191 million. Revenue rose to $4.4 billion from $3.7 billion. Coal producers in Indonesia, the world's second-largest exporter of the fuel, are benefiting from gains in prices and demand after floods in Australia, the largest shipper, disrupted output.

The unit of PT Bakrie & Brothers sold a little over 60 million tons of coal last year at an average $70 a ton compared with 58 million tons at $63 a ton in 2009.

Bumi shares was unchanged at IDR3,350 at the 4 p.m. close in Indonesia Stock Exchange trading.

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