Signing Head of Agreement of Downstream Coal

On 8 December 2017, PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk together with PT Bukit Asam Tbk, PT Pertamina (Persero) and PT Pupuk Indonesia (Persero) signed a Head of Agreement of Coal Gasification Cooperation Becoming Syngas as Feedstock of Urea, Polypropylene and Dimethyl Ether Products. Through this partnership, the Company will be able to produce Polypropylene with coal as its feedstock. This coal-based Polypropylene can help Indonesia meet domestic needs while reducing imports of polypropylene, which are still a large and growing. In addition, Indonesia will also gain higher added value from coal, which is currently used only as fuel for power plants and export commodities.