Emco Ltd, the country's third-biggest transformer company with a market share of 14%, is facing major hurdles in implementing its two main projects - a power plant near Nagpur and a coal trading business.

 

The first phase of the company's upcoming 540-mw power plant near Nagpur has been delayed by almost a year as the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor wants to renegotiate the contract. The contract was given to a Chinese player in the second half of 2008.

The project was to be commissioned early 2010. As the prices of various raw materials have fallen, the company feels a revision in contract prices isn't justified. Negotiations are on to resolve the issue.

 

Emco's coal-based power plant near Nagpur, which is to be built in two phases of 270 mw each, will have four boilers of 135 mw each. The overall capital expenditure on these plants is estimated at Rs 2,480 crore, to be funded through a debt-equity mix of 80:20. Clearances for the first phase of the project were obtained in the first half of 2008 and financial closure when construction begun. In the first phase, 270 mw was to be operational by December 2009 and the second unit of another 270 mw by December 2010. 'In the current scenario, the company expects the plant to be operational by end-2010 or early-2011.

 

Meanwhile, Emco's plan to start a coal trading business on a large scale from its Indonesian mines from September 2008 has also been delayed due to 'unforeseen and unexpected issues'. Though the company had initiated domestic trading in coal in Indonesia, major exports haven't happened yet. There are certain logistical issues that are preventing this business from going ahead. One of these was that the mine areas recently experienced a huge rainfall of a magnitude not seen in the last 65 years. The coal mine is in the Kalimantan region of Indonesia and has reserves of 105 million tonnes. With a stake of 37.5%, Emco controls reserves of 40 million tonnes. The mines were bought for $18 million.

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