Govt notifies draft rules for e-auction of cancelled coal blocks

19 Dec 2014 Evaluate

Gearing up for fresh allocation of coal blocks cancelled by the Supreme Court in September, the government notified draft rules for e-auction of 92 cancelled coal mines in the first phase and fixed a floor price of Rs 150 per tonne for sectors like steel, sponge iron, cement and captive power. The government will auction total 101 coal mines out of which 65 mines will be allocated to private players while 36 other blocks will be directly allotted to state-owned companies.

Coal Ministry notified that there would be two methods of bidding namely forward bidding and Reverse biding.  Under forward bidding, specified end use of coal is for production of iron and steel, generation of power for captive use and cement. On the other hand, Reverse Bidding includes the end use of coal for the generation of power. Further, the Ministry cleared that applications will be sought from intending companies in these sectors for pre-qualifications and only the top 50 per cent of the pre-qualified bidders will be allowed to submit their bids.

Further, the notification highlighted that indicative price offer will be bid price per tonne of the coal produced and such bid price will be above the floor price in case of forward bidding or below the ceiling price in case of reverse bidding. The floor price and ceiling price for the coal mine along with the methodology for fixing the same will be included in the tender document. Providing details of the methodology for auction, the Intrinsic Value of the coal block will be calculated by computing its Net Present Value, based on the Discounted Cash Flow method for auction of sectors like steel, sponge iron, cement, captive power etc. Winners from these sectors would have to pay 10% of the floor price upfront.

Regarding the ceiling price for coal mines to be auctioned for power projects having cost plus power purchase agreements, the notification added that a ceiling price of the prevailing CIL notified price for each coal mine will be fixed and the bidder will be mandated to quote lower than this ceiling price. For, power plants having un-contracted capacity, the bidder shall be restricted to cap its merchant capacity at 20 per cent of the installed power capacity linked to the allotted coal mine.

 

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