(EnergyAsia, March 25, Tuesday) — ‘Coaltrans Asia 2008’ will be held in Bali, Indonesia from June 1 to 4. The conference is expected to attract over 1,000 participants from around the world, said organiser Coaltrans Conferences.

‘Coaltrans Asia’ will address issues including the use and management of low rank coal, opportunities in Indonesia, logistics, government regulations, financing, freight, procurement strategies, mining operations and economics.

The organisers will also be hosting a golf tournament on June 1, a field trip to coal mines in Kalimantan’s mines and visits to offshore loading terminals from June 4 to 6.

Indonesian Minister of Energy and Mines Purnomo Yusgiantoro will deliver the main speech.

The other speakers include Jeffrey Mulyono (Indonesian Coal Mining), M.S. Marpaung and Simon F. Sembiring (Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources), Malam Sambat Kaban (Ministry of Forestry), Teras Narang (Governor of Central Kalimantan), Eddie Widiono Suwondo (PT PLN), Rory Simington (AME Mineral Economics), Peter Ball (Bumi Resources), Nandika Djojonegoro (PT Bukit Asam Prima), Philip Gasteen (Banpu Public Company Ltd), Reynard Hanoppo (PT Kideco Jaya Agung), Eko B. F. Natalina (PT Berau), Geoffrey Palmer (PT Adaro), Sacha Winzenried and Ali Mardi (PricewaterhouseCoopers), Amulya Charan (Tata Power Trading), Patrick Loftus-Hills (UBS Securities Indonesia), Patrick Alexander (PT Ilthabi Bara Utama (IBU)), Guillaume Perret (Perret Associates), Patrick Markey (globalCOAL), Abhijit Datta (The Siam Cement Public Company Ltd), Ross Crump (Energy Coal Marketing), Anthony Collins (ASX Ltd), Bukin Daulay (TEKMIRA), Graham Chapman (Energy Edge), Kaz Tanaka (PT DH Power), Ponlit Sesth-gamnerd (Mae Moh Power), Frederick J. Murrell (C166 Development Company LLC), Masashi Wakagi (PT Upgrading Brown Coal Indonesia (UBCI)), David Schenk (Simpson Spence & Young Ltd), Derek Langston (SSY Consultancy & Research), Kevin O’Donovan (IMC Resources), Peter Borup (Norden Tankers & Bulkers Pte. Ltd), Oentoro Surya (PT Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line Tbk), John Devon (Marston & Marston), Nitin Ambhaikar (Reliance Industries Ltd), Muhammad Balagamwala (Seatrade Group), Juan Carlos Guadarrama (Napocor), Graham Parker (E.ON UK Plc), Martin Law (Ho-Ping Power Company), Yong-je Lee (Korea South East Power Co Ltd), Alex Harkess (Clarksons), Andrew Keith (Connell Wagner), Noor Meurling (Soebagjo,Jatim, Djarot Attorneys at Law), David Lim (AON Singapore), Nyoman Oka Widiadnyana (PT Kaltim Prima Coal), Andrew Lee (Lian Yi Shipbuilding and Construction), Giosuè Vezzuto (RINA), Masafumi Yamaguchi (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Yong Soon Huat (Cranes, Liebherr Singapore), Mario Terenzio (Logmarin Advisors Srl), Mirza Ong and Yulisaf Ramadhan (PT Mitra Bahtera Segarasejati), Glen Drysdale (CSL Asia), Lim Kwee (IMC Shipping Corp), Terry Ng (PT Indonesia Bulk Terminal), Chris Pitch (PT Adaro), Ali Abbas Alam (Credit Suisse), Henry Hoo (Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII)), Philip Forster (PT Mitra Bahtera).

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