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Government garners Rs 2,529 crore on first day of 3rd tranche of coal mines auctions

12 Aug 2015 Evaluate

After garnering over Rs 2 lakh crore from auction of mines earlier this year, government got a good start on the first day of third tranche of coal mines auctions, garnering total of Rs 2,529 crore from bidding of two blocks in Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra.

Crest Steel and Power, a Topworth Group entity, emerged as the highest bidder for Bhaskarpara mine in Chhattisgarh at Rs 755 a tone, which will fetch the government Rs 1,817 crore. The extractable reserves of the Bhaskarpara coal block is 24.06 million tonnes (MT). Bhaskarpara mine was earlier jointly alloted to Electrotherm (India) and Grasim Industries.

Topworth Urja and Metal were the highest bidder at Rs 715 per tonne for Marki Mangli 1 coal block and will fetch the government Rs 712 crore. The extractable reserves of Marki Mangli-I mine are 9.96 MT and it was earlier allocated to B S Ispat.

In the third round of coal auction 22 applications from companies including Hindalco , Vedanta, JSW Steel  and SAIL  cleared the initial stages for a total of five mines on block. Three companies -- Crest Steel and Power, Godawari Natural Resources Ltd and Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) technically qualified for the Bhaskarpara Coal Mine. Hindalco Industries, JSPL and Vedanta technically qualified for the Chitarpur Coal Mine whereas Bhushan Power & Steel, Hindalco Industries, JSPL and Vedanta technically qualified for the Jamkhani Coal Mine. The highest number of six bids each were received for Majra coal block in Maharastra and Jamkhani coal mine in Odisha, while Chitarpur mine in Jharkhand received five bids.

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