Sesa Goa shares plunge as MoEF suspends clearances for 93 Goa mines

13 Sep 2012 Evaluate

Shares of Sesa Goa, part of the London Stock Exchange-listed Vedanta Resources has plunged, after Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), following the report by the Shah commission on illegal mining in Goa, suspended the environment clearances given to all 93 functional mining leases in the state. The commission highlighted that the central ministry overlooked its own regulations to give miners an easy clearance route while state and other central government officials ignored rampant illegal mining over more than half a decade.

Sesa Goa is currently trading at Rs 160.15, down by 2.50 points or 1.54% from its previous closing of Rs 162.65 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs 159.80 and has touched a high and low of Rs 161.70 and Rs 158.70 respectively. So far 383156 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Re 1 has touched a 52 week high of Rs 270.00 on 17-Feb-2012 and a 52 week low of Rs 148.70 on 20-Dec-2011.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs 171.90 and Rs 158.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs 13905.62 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 55.13% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 30.53% and 14.35% respectively.

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