BHP's plants remain closed

BHP's plants remain closed

PERTH (Reuters): Australia's largest industrial group, The Broken Hill Pty. Co. Ltd., said yesterday it had no immediate plans to reopen its Indonesian steel operations, which were closed last week after riots broke out in Jakarta.

"We're just monitoring the situation," a BHP spokesman said. BHP shut down its four steel coating and rolling plants around Jakarta, but has kept its coal mining operations in East Kalimantan province operating, the spokesman said.

Australia-based engineering group Clough Ltd. said the office of its 70 percent-owned PT Petrosea subsidiary in Jakarta had reopened yesterday after closing on May 14.