Jaiprakash Power Ventures win Amelia North coal mine
18 Feb 2015 12:43 AM GMT
Jaiprakash Power Ventures on Tuesday bagged the Amelia (North) mine in Madhya Pradesh quoting Rs 712 per tonne, the highest among 11 firms including Adani Power, BALCO and Essar Power.
Bids are underway on the fourth day of auction for another two coal blocks - Ardhagram in West Bengal and Chotia in Chhattisgarh to be given to firms in non power sector. “Jaiprakash Power the highest bidder at (Rs) 712 (a tonne) for Amelia North,” Coal Secretary Anil Swarup tweeted. The ten companies in the race for Amelia (North) mine apart from Jaiprakash Power Ventrues Ltd were - Adani Power, Bharat Aluminium Co Ltd (BALCO), Essar Power M P Ltd, GMR Chhattisgarh Energy Ltd, GVK Power Goindwal Sahib Ltd, Jindal Power Ltd, JSW Energy Ltd, KSK Mahanadi Power Company, RattanIndia Power Ltd and Reliance Geothermal Power Pvt Ltd.
The mine has extractable reserves of 70.28 million tonne (MT). The other two mines - Ardhagram and Chotia for which bidding is on, have extractable reserves of 19.29 MT and 13.57 MT respectively.
Earlier tweeting on auctions, Swarup said “coal block auction gets underway on the fourth day adding that poor states will reap benefits of coal block auctions.” The five companies vying for Ardhagram coal mine are Easternrange Coal Mining Pvt Ltd, Monnet Ispat and Energy Ltd, OCL Iron & Steel Ltd, SS Natural Resources Pvt Ltd and Visa Steel Ltd.
Bids are underway on the fourth day of auction for another two coal blocks - Ardhagram in West Bengal and Chotia in Chhattisgarh to be given to firms in non power sector. “Jaiprakash Power the highest bidder at (Rs) 712 (a tonne) for Amelia North,” Coal Secretary Anil Swarup tweeted. The ten companies in the race for Amelia (North) mine apart from Jaiprakash Power Ventrues Ltd were - Adani Power, Bharat Aluminium Co Ltd (BALCO), Essar Power M P Ltd, GMR Chhattisgarh Energy Ltd, GVK Power Goindwal Sahib Ltd, Jindal Power Ltd, JSW Energy Ltd, KSK Mahanadi Power Company, RattanIndia Power Ltd and Reliance Geothermal Power Pvt Ltd.
The mine has extractable reserves of 70.28 million tonne (MT). The other two mines - Ardhagram and Chotia for which bidding is on, have extractable reserves of 19.29 MT and 13.57 MT respectively.
Earlier tweeting on auctions, Swarup said “coal block auction gets underway on the fourth day adding that poor states will reap benefits of coal block auctions.” The five companies vying for Ardhagram coal mine are Easternrange Coal Mining Pvt Ltd, Monnet Ispat and Energy Ltd, OCL Iron & Steel Ltd, SS Natural Resources Pvt Ltd and Visa Steel Ltd.
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