Komatsu Ltd. (President & CEO: Kunio Noji) ("Komatsu"), PT Adaro Energy Tbk (President Director: Garibaldi Thohir) ("Adaro") and PT United Tractors Tbk (President Director: Djoko Pranoto) ("UT") have executed a basic agreement to jointly advance the Bio Diesel Fuel Pilot Project in Indonesia (the "Project").
By March 31, 2010, Komatsu, Adaro and UT will start the Project to produce Bio Diesel Fuel (*1) ("BDF") from Jatropha (*2) and other feedstock plants and operate Komatsu mining dump trucks (payload: 90-ton class, "Komatsu Dump Trucks") fueled by the BDF at the Adaro coal mine in Kalimantan, Indonesia.
The project aims to ultimately achieve a sustainable environmentally friendly mining operation in the mining concession area of PT Adaro Indonesia, Adaro's wholly owned subsidiary.
Komatsu will establish a BDF plant (production capacity: 1 to 2 tons/day) and a laboratory to ensure quality of the produced BDF on the Adaro coal mine. As a manufacturer, Komatsu will also render the standard warranty to Komatsu Dump Trucks fueled by…
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