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On its website [[Thiess]], a subsidiary of the Australian construction company [[Leighton Holdings]], stated that "Thiess Indonesia has just signed a new contract worth of US$51 million with PT Lahai Coal (IndoMet Coal) in Feb 2013, to establish the Haju Mine camp and Infrastructure and to construct the Muara Tuhup Port Facility in Central Kalimantan ... This is a 10-month contract, where the kick off project will be in 20 February 2013. The schedule completion of the project is end of January 2014."<ref>[http://www.thiess.co.id/eng/capabilities/projects/lahai-coal-indomet-mine-infrastructure-port-handling " Lahai Coal (indomet) Mine Infrastructure & Port Handling,Central Kalimantan,Indonesia"], Thiess website, accessed May 2014.</ref>
While Thiess was boasting that work on the project was underway, BHP Billiton were still reporting nothing to shareholders. In its quarterly exploration and production reports in March 2013<ref>BHP Billiton, [http://www.bhpbilliton.com/home/investors/reports/Documents/2013/130417_BHP%20Billiton%20Exploration%20and%20Development%20Report%20for%20the%20Quarter%20Ended%2031%20March%202013.pdf "BHP Billiton Exploration and Development Report for the Quarter Ended 31 March 2013"], Media Release, April 17, 2013.</ref>, June 2013<ref>BHP Billiton, [http://www.bhpbilliton.com/home/investors/reports/Pages/Roll%20up%20Pages/BHP-Billiton-Exploration-and-Development-Report-for-the-Year-Ended-30-June-2013.aspx "BHP Billiton Exploration and Development Report for the Year Ended 30 June 2013"], Media Release, July 17, 2013.</ref> September 20-132013<ref>BHP Billiton, [http://www.bhpbilliton.com/home/investors/reports/Documents/2013/131022_BHPBillitonOperationalReviewfortheQuarterEnded30September2013.pdf "BHP Billiton Operational Review for the Quarter Ended 30 September 2013"], Media Release, October 22, 2013</ref> its December 2013 half-yearly report<ref>BHP Billiton, [http://www.bhpbilliton.com/home/investors/news/Documents/2014/140122_BHPBillitonOperationalReviewfortheHalfYearEnded31December2013.pdf "BHP Billiton Operational Review for the Half Year Ended 31 December 2013"], Media Release, January 22, 2014.</ref> and March 2014 operational review <ref>[http://www.bhpbilliton.com/home/investors/news/Documents/2014/140122_BHPBillitonOperationalReviewfortheHalfYearEnded31December2013.pdf "BHP Billiton Operational Review for the Nine Months Ended 31 March 2014"], Media Release, April 16, 2014.</ref> the company didn't even no mention was made of the IndoMet project.
In its 2013 annual report, BHP Billiton stated of the IndoMet project that "early work on infrastructure development for the project is underway" and that "IndoMet remains a valuable future option for our coal business."<ref>BHP Billiton, [http://www.bhpbilliton.com/home/investors/reports/Documents/2013/BHPBillitonAnnualReport2013.pdf "BHP Billiton Annual Report 2013"], BHP Billiton, September 2013, page 39.</ref>