Almuk has over 16 years of experience in the Indonesian coal mining industry, and has worked with a number of major coal companies (PT Leighton Contractors Indonesia, KPC and PT Runge Indonesia). He also has overseas job experience with a major Australian coal company (Griffin Coal - NSW). His specific areas of expertise include long and short term mine planning, pit optimisation, dump design, mining equipment selection and fleet analysis, operating cost analysis and reserve estimation.