Lanco to close deal on hiking coal prices at Oz mine

29 Nov 2011 Evaluate

Lanco Infratech-owned Griffin Coal's threat to halt coal supply to the Bluewaters Power Station in Western Australia unless prices are revised upward seems to have worked, with sources close to the development indicating an agreement might be inked within a fortnight. There could a price revision in favour of Lanco with respect to the supply contract with Australian firm Griffin Energy's Bluewaters Power Station, besides some upfront fee. Earlier, Lanco had indicated its intention to hike prices of coal sold to the power plant and could suspend coal supply to the Bluewaters Power Station, which accounts for as much as 10% of power generation in Western Australia. Lanco's move earned the wrath of the local administration, which threatened the Indian infrastructure major with a coal export ban.However, all the issues with Bluwaters Power are settled. The company may formally announce the terms in two to three weeks' time. There will be upward revision of coal price. As per the agreement, Lanco will have to supply 1.6 to 1.8 million tonne per annum to Bluewaters and according to experts, the coal supply price to Bluewaters could be in the range of 40 Australian dollars per tonne. The Bluewaters power station was set to be sold to Sumitomo Corp and Kansai Electric Power Co for an enterprise value of around $1.2 billion. Apart from Bluewaters, Lanco is also in a legal battle with Perdaman Industries, which has filed a 3.5 billion Australian dollar (about Rs 16,600 crore) lawsuit in the Supreme Court of Western Australia, alleging that Lanco is not complying with a 25 year-long coal supply pact related to its upcoming Collie urea plant in Western Australia.

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