RPower in Indonesia

·         On May 2, 2008 Anil Ambani Group firm Reliance Power Ltd said it has acquired three coal mines in Indonesia with total reserves of two billion metric tonne.

·         RIL subsidiary Reliance Coal Resources Pvt Ltd (RCRPL) plans to invest Rs 2,400 crore in mine and related transportation infrastructure to take the capacity of these mines to over 25 million metric tonne per annum.

·         RCRPL has acquired Srivijaya Bintangtiga Energy, Bryayan Bintangtiga Energy and Sugico Pendragon Energy in the South Sumatra area of Indonesia spread over an area of 40,000 hectares.

• Indonesia is spread across an archipelago of thousands of islands between Asia and Australia
• It the world's largest Muslim population.

§         Ethnically it is highly diverse, with more than 300 local languages.

§         Indonesia has seen unprecedented turmoil in recent years, facing first the Asian financial crisis, then the fall of President Suharto after 32 years in office, the first free elections since the 1960s.

§         The Dutch gradually consolidated their hold on the area over two centuries, eventually uniting the archipelago in around 1900.

§         Upon the end of Japan's wartime occupation, independence was proclaimed by Sukarno in 1945.

§         The Dutch formally transferred sovereignty in 1949, after a period of armed struggle.

§         Long-term leader General Suharto came to power in the aftermath of an abortive coup in 1965.

• Population: 219.9 million (UN, 2003)
• Capital: Jakarta
• Major languages: Indonesian, 300 regional languages
• Monetary unit: 1 rupiah (Rp)