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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>
In mid-2013 BHP Billiton stated that the Haju mine project would cost the company $80 million and would produce one million tonnes of coal a year from early 2014. BHP Billiton did not respond to a question on whether an environmental impact assessment of the project had been undertaken or whether a copy in English was available.<ref>Bob Burton, [https://newmatilda.com/2013/07/02/what-bhp-indonesia "What Is BHP Up To In Indonesia?"], ''New Matilda'', July 2, 2013.</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 2013<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> no mention was made of the IndoMet project.
