Ministry of Coal

Upbeat Beginning to Day 1 of Commercial Coal Mine Auction

Posted On: 02 NOV 2020 6:24PM by PIB Delhi

First day of auction of coal mines for sale of coal saw strong and healthy competition among the bidders. Ministry of Coal had launched the auction of coal mines for commercial mining on June 18, 2020 pursuant to a two stage forward auction process (comprising of Initial Offer and Final Offer), wherein the bidders have to bid for the percentage revenue share over the reserve price.

 

  • The blocks put on auction by Ministry of Coal generated wide interest from bidders who had submitted their bids for various blocks on offer.
  • The technical bids submitted were evaluated and the list of Technically Qualified Bidders was declared.Pursuant to this, Ministry of Coal has commenced the electronic auction of the coal mines for commercial purpose today at 11:00 AM.
  • The Day 1 of e-auction has witnessed strong competition, with auction of some of the mines going on for more than3-4 hours.
  • In all the mines auctioned, the final offer received is above 10% signalling strong demand of coal mines in the market.

The results for Day 1 are as under:

S. No.

Name of the Mine

State

PRC (mtpa)

Geological Reserves (MT)

Closing Bid Submitted by

Reserve Price (%)

Final Offer (%)

Annual Revenue Generated (Rs. Cr.)

1

Takli Jena Bellora North and Takli Jena Bellora South

Maharashtra

1.50

117.26

AUROBINDO REALITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATELIMITED/146875

4

30.75

267.16

2

Urtan

Madhya Pradesh

0.65

55.391

JMS MINING PRIVATE LIMITED/147074

4

10.50

124.27

3

MarkiMangli II

Maharashtra

0.30

11.44

YAZDANI INTERNATIONAL PVT. LTD. / 148341

4

30.75

53.43

4

Radhikapur West

Odisha

6.00

312.04

VEDANTA LIMITED/68522

4

21.00

592.28

5

Chakla

Jharkhand

5.30

76.05

HINDALCO INDUSTRIES LIMITED/64856

4

14.25

519.54

 

 

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RJ/NG


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