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In its report on its first quarter 2013 activities Adaro Energy stated that "the IndoMet Coal Project is on track to begin mining from the Haju mine in the third quarter of 2013. The Haju mine is within the concession area held by PT Lahai Coal in Central Kalimantan. Construction of minesite accommodations, port site accommodations, administrative offices and an industrial area, is underway."<ref>Adaro Energy, [http://www.adaro.com/files/1Q13_Final_Clean.pdf "Quarterly Activities Report First Quarter of 2013 For the Three Months Ending March 31st, 2013"], Adaro Energy, page 13.</ref>
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."<refname=Thiess>[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>
* '''March 2010:''' BHP Billiton announced that it had sold a 25% stake in the IndoMet Coal Project to Adaro Energy.<ref name=JV/>
* '''September 2011''': BHP Billiton starts talking the project up again.<ref name=Hubie/>
* '''November 2011''': BHP Billiton flags that the project will begin within weeks.<ref name=WSJ/> * '''September 2012''': BHP Billiton states in its 2012 annual report that "study work is underway to identify development options across our CCoWs and early work on infrastructure development has commenced."<ref name="AR12"/> * '''February 2013''': Thiess, a subsidiary of the Australian construction company, stated that it had won a contract to "establish the Haju Mine camp and Infrastructure and to construct the Muara Tuhup Port Facility in Central Kalimantan."<ref name=Thiess/> * '''October 2013''': At it BHP Billiton was asked why it was pursuing the IndoMet project. The company stated that "we do not apply different standards in different countries and that as with any project, we will only proceed with any development in a way that is consistent with Our Charter and any material developments or changes will be disclosed in accordance with market practices."<ref name=2013AGM/>
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