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Batu Hijau Mine

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Batu Hijau Mine

Location: 80 km SW from Sumbawa Besar, Indonesia

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West Sumbawa Regency West Nusa Tenggara
Indonesia

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Summary

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Gold
  • Copper
  • Silver
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotTogether, Batu Hijau mine and the Elang development project, form the fifth-largest copper-gold mining complex in the world in terms of copper-equivalent reserves.

From 2000 to 2016, Phases 1 through 6 were mined at Batu Hijau. Currently, Batu Hijau is in Phase 7 of its ore mining plan.

AMMAN continues to work on the commissioning of the smelter. The Flash Smelting Furnace, Flash Converting Furnace, and anode furnaces are commissioned and under operations. The FSF feeding has started in January 2025.

The processing plant expansion is expected to achieve mechanical completion by Q4 2025. The processing plant is being expanded to double its input capacity to process ore supply from Phase 8 and the future Elang mine with progress as of March 2025:

-Detailed engineering: 99% complete.
-Concrete installation: 76% complete.
-Structural installation: 48% complete.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
PT Amman Mineral Internasional Tbk. (AMI) 99.99 % Indirect
PT Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara (operator) 100 % Direct
The Batu Hijau open pit copper/ gold mine is now owned and operated by PT Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara.

PT Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara is 99.99% owned by PT Amman Mineral Internasional (“AMI”) and 0.01% by PT AP Investment.

PT Amman Mineral Internasional is a holding company for world-class copper-gold mining operations, including the established, high quality and low-cost Batu Hijau mine.

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Deposit type

  • Porphyry

Summary:

The deposit is hosted by a central stock of multiple tonalite porphyries intruded into older diorite and andesite volcanic wallrocks and activities continue to develop the reserve.

Reserves

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Processing

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Commodity Production

CommodityProductUnits20252024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Gold Metal in concentrate koz  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe56 71 397 841 676 
Copper Metal in concentrate M lbs  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe130 142 288 496 494 
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Operational metrics

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Production Costs

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C1 cash costs (sold) Copper USD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 1.71 / lb **  
** Net of By-Product.

Operating Costs

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Mine Financials

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