NMDC’s JVC acquires Rio Tinto’s 2.6 billion tonnes coal resource in Mozambique

31 Jul 2014 Evaluate

NMDC’s joint venture company (JVC) with SAIL, Coal India, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam and NTPC - International Coal Ventures (ICVL), finalized the takeover of Rio Tinto’s operating coal mine and coal assets in Mozambique. These coal mines and assets were acquired by Rio Tinto from Riversdale Mining in 2011. Since then, the coal mine at Benga has been brought to production. The mine produces prime hard coking coal and thermal coal.

The coal resource will become a long term captive source of a critical raw material in steel making in geographical proximity to India. The coal mine and assets are located strategically in the prime coking coal bearing region of the Moatize Coal Basin which is stated to be the second largest coal basin in the world after the Bowen Basin in Australia.

The operating coal mine comes with a state of the art wash plant and surface infrastructure with a potential to expand raw coal production from the current 5 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) to 12 MTPA. There is significant potential for tapping CBM from the acquired coal resources.

The portfolio of assets acquired by ICVL includes Benga (65%) and the Zambeze (100%) and Tete East greenfield coal assets which have substantial resource of coking coal. ICVL, which had been scouting for coal mines and assets since its inception in 2009, has now succeeded with this large acquisition, intended to give long term security of supply of a critical raw material for the steel industry. SAIL and RINL are both increasing their capacity to 23 MTPA and 6.3 MTPA respectively. Their requirement of coking coal would increase to a level of about 25 million tonnes by 2015. Besides, NMDC is in the process of setting up a 3 MTPA capacity integrated steel plant at Nagarnar in Chhattisgarh. 

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