BANPU on Stock Exchange of Thailand

Banpu

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Energy company based in Thailand

Banpu Public Company Limited is an energy company based in Thailand. Its three core businesses are energy resources (coal and gas); energy generation (conventional and renewable); and energy technology (wind and solar, storage systems, and energy technologies).2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

1983Founded1

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  • TickerBANPU on Stock Exchange of Thailand1
  • Industryenergy industry1
  • HeadquartersBangkok1
  • Websitewww.banpu.com

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Banpu Public Company Limited is an energy company based in Thailand. Its three core businesses are energy resources (coal and gas); energy generation (conventional and renewable); and energy technology (wind and solar, storage systems, and energy technologies). As of 2015 Banpu is headed by CEO Somruedee Chaimongkol. In the 2012 Forbes Global 2000, Banpu was ranked as the 1707th -largest public company in the world.2

How it started

History

Banpu was founded by members of the Vongkusolkit and Auapinyakul families on 16 May 1983 as Ban Pu Coal Company Limited. The company was created to subcontract a coal mining operation at Banpu Mine (BP-1 Mine) in Li District, Lamphun Province. On 4 May 1989, Banpu was listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET). Its name was changed on 29 July 1993 to Banpu Public Company Limited.

In 2005, Banpu entered into a joint venture with Thai-Lao Lignite Co., Ltd. and Hong Sa Lignite (Lao PDR) Co., Ltd. to develop the project, but this agreement was terminated in 2006. A UNCITRAL arbitration found that the Lao government illegally terminated concession and ordered Laos to pay US$57 million in damages plus interest. Laos is refusing to pay.

In 2010 Banpu bought the Australian mining company Centennial Coal.

Current CEO of Banpu Somruedee Chaimongkol assumed the position on 10 April 2015.

Banpu decided to launch a new corporate branding attributes in 2018, the "Banpu Heart".

From Wikipedia’s article on Banpu, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Timeline

  1. Jun 16, 1989Went public Listed on Stock Exchange of Thailand1
  2. 1983Founded Founded1

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