The second round of the coal auction is also underway, initially 20 mines were supposed to be auctioned, but now only 14 mines are up for grabs with two going under the hammer today. Today, bidding for one of the mine in Jharkhand and one is Odisha was completed.
Anshu Sharma of CNBC-TV18 delves deep
Both the coal blocks which were put up for auction today have been bid out and the first coal block Mandakani, which was meant for the power sector, had reserves of 287.8 million tonnes. The winner for this Mandakini coal block is Mandakini Exploration and mining, a company which is a JV between Jindal India Power Thermal and Monnet Ispat. This particular coal block has been bid out at Rs 650 per tonne and will fetch about Rs 18,720 crore to the state from the auction proceeds to the state of Orissa, over thirty years of mine life.
The second coal block which was for auction was Miral in Jharkhand meant for the unregulated sector has been won by Tirumala industries. This company won this coal block at Rs 725 per tonne. This is the lowest for the unregulated sector and next we will see it on Saturday for the coal block action.
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