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The company was also asked what its relationship was to a proposed coal railway project in central Kalimantan. The company stated "we are not progressing the investigation or development of rail facilities in central Kalimantan."<ref name=2013AGM/>
In January 2014 a journalist asked an opinion column Arie Rompas, the company what it was doing with the project but it downplayed its significance. BHP Billiton stated that "the focus Executive Director of WALHI (Indonesian Forum for the project, at this stage, is developing Environment/Friends of the infrastructureEarth Indonesia) Central Kalimantan Branch, particularly the construction of roads and port loading facilities, and we continue to evaluate the potential for larger-scale developments in the region."wrote that:<ref>Peter Ker, [http://www.smh.com.au/business/miners-confused-by-indonesian-export-ban-20140115-30v6m.html#ixzz33BCuzqdG "Miners confused by Indonesian export ban"], ''Sydney Morning Herald'', January 16, 2014.</ref> :"The IndoMet project is situated in the thickly forested and remote Upper Barito Basin. It covers 350,715 hectares, roughly one and a half times the size of the Australian Capital Territory, and has estimated coal reserves of 774 million tonnes. This is two and a half Australia's annual thermal coal exports for 2012. Based on the potential of IndoMet alone, the Upper Barito Basin may be the largest coal deposit worldwide yet to be utilised, and the last frontier of global coal production ... We are extremely conscious of how these mines will affect our communities that have depended on forest and rivers systems like the Barito Basin for their livelihoods for generations." :"The heavily forested Upper Barito Basin is home to large populations of orangutans and potentially many other species yet unknown to science. These forests form a significant part of Borneo's mega-diverse and world-renowned forest ecosystems. Their value has been recognised and there is an internationally supported conservation agreement, the 'Heart of Borneo' initiative that aims protect them for their biodiversity and carbon sequestration potential. Yet, the IndoMet concessions are located within the Heart of Borneo area. :"If BHP continues with its plans for open cut mines it will be a disaster for my people and it will be a disaster for these fragile ecosystems. The Barito watershed is a home and source of life for thousands of traditional landowners. We simply can't afford to allow our rivers to be polluted and our forests cleared and see the profits go overseas. If the IndoMet project and others like it continue it will threaten our peoples' way of life." In January 2014 a journalist asked the company what it was doing with the project but it downplayed its significance. BHP Billiton stated that "the focus for the project, at this stage, is developing the infrastructure, particularly the construction of roads and port loading facilities, and we continue to evaluate the potential for larger-scale developments in the region."
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