NMDC may complete 3 overseas buyouts this fiscal

05 Oct 2011 Evaluate

Close on the heels of acquiring 50% stake in Australia's Legacy Iron, state-run iron ore miner NMDC may close three more overseas buys in the current fiscal. Deals with Minemakers, an Australian firm having Phosphate deposits; Brazilian mining firm Greystone Mineracao do Brasil and Vincy Coal project in Russia are in advanced stages of negotiation and may be sealed in the current fiscal. NMDC has already done the due diligence for Vincy Coal Project and is likely to bid for the project by the end of the current month itself. The total investments that would be required for the projected three acquisitions were not disclosed. NMDC and Minemakers may form a JV in which NMDC will take a 50% stake in Wonarah. The state-run miner may also repay Minemakers' the costs already incurred for Wonarah, the largest undeveloped rock phosphate project in Australia.

Vincy in Russia has total reserves of 70-100 million tonnes of coal reserves. NMDC has been in talks for the past few months to acquire a substantial stake in Greystone Mineracao from London-based Zamin Advisors, a private company controlled by an NRI, Pramod Agarwal. The proposed mine area is understood to have reserves of 260 million tonnes of iron ore. NMDC may acquire 100% stake in Vinci Coal and 50% in Minemakers while, while a decision on stake is yet to be taken in case of Greystone. The company had in last month bought 50% stake in Australia-based Legacy Iron Ore as for over Rs 92 crore.

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