Monday, August 22, 2011

Bumi reiterates schedule for $600 Million debt payment

PT Bumi Resources Tbk, Indonesia largest coal exporter, maintains its worst scenario schedule to pay down $600 million of its $1.9 billion debt to China Investment Corp. in the fourth quarter of this year.

The second tranche of another $600 million will be paid in the fourth quarter of 2012 and the rest in the fourth quarter of 2013.

Bumi's first half net profit was $278.6 million, compared with a restated $271 million in the same period a year earlier. Bumi had said last year its first half 2010 net profit was $134.6 million.
Bumi, which the politically connected Bakrie family and Nathaniel Rothschild control via London-listed Bumi Plc , plans to repay the first $600 million tranche of a $1.9 billion loan to the China Investment Corporation (CIC) in October.
Bumi has increased its forecast for 2011 average coal prices to $90 per tonne, higher than its previous forecast of $77 per tonne, due to stronger demand from India and China. Production is seen at 66 million tonnes this year.

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