(Adds profit figure, outlook)
JAKARTA, April 28 (Reuters) - Indonesian miner Bukit
Asam produced 6.8 million tonnes of coal in the first
three months of the year, up 7% year on year, the
state-controlled company said on Friday.
Total sales volume was 8.8 million tonnes, up 26%, the
statement said.
The company posted 1.2 trillion rupiah ($81.83 million) in
net profit in the first quarter this year, down from a 2.3
trillion rupiah profit in the same period last year.
A global coal price correction had affected its earnings
this year, the company said, despite increase in sales volume.
In 2023, Bukit Asam aims to produce and sell around 41
million tonnes of coal.
($1 = 14,665.0000 rupiah)
(Reporting by Bernadette Christina Munthe
Writing by Fransiska Nangoy
Editing by David Goodman and Jane Merriman)
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