Adaro is spinning off the coal mining unit valued at $2.45 billion to focus on developing cleaner energy, with an aluminum smelter being built in Kalimantan.
Missed production targets, higher operational costs and political turbulence at mines in Africa and Asia have investors turning increasingly sour on the world’s second-biggest gold producer.
The two governments aim to create stable supply chains in Peru for critical minerals such as copper and zinc through technology provided by Japanese companies.