After its board of directors and commissioners have the latest person for the period 2016-2021, PT Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk or PTBA also has the latest milestone form of the company's business development in addition to coal. All of this has been revealed by a statement of Arviyan Arifin, the latest director to PTBA, at the closing ceremony of a series of this company's 35th anniversary events.

The figure who was appointed on 14 April 2016 ago said that the achievement of an expanding market and the challenges in the future would not be easy to deal with. According to him, PTBA which makes the production of coal as its main business has a high dependency on the natural resources that can not be renewed. If it still continues, he questioned the sustainability of this company in the next 30 years.

As the anticipation of these challenges, the former CEO of Bank Muamalat wanted that PTBA must continue to innovate and not easily carried away with the achievement that has been achieved. For what its worth, it was determined to set up the foundations of other businesses and expect all stakeholders PTBA thinking about business development. To survive through the ages, he thought it was time PTBA to be transformed beyond coal business.