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Tuesday, 18 August 09
INDIA PLANS 'SIMPLER' MINING LAW TO BOOST INVESTMENT
 Bloomberg reported that, India aims to cut permit delays and attract overseas capital through “simpler” resource investment laws to help double mining’s contribution to the nation’s $1.2 trillion economy to at least 4 percent.
“We hope to increase it to 5 percent but expect it to increase to at least 4 percent in five years,” Mines Minister B.K. Handique said in an interview in New Delhi yesterday. The legislation will be presented to parliament in the winter session this year, he said.
Delays in securing mining licenses have undermined India’s efforts to win more investment, holding up construction of $32 billion projects announced ArcelorMittal and Posco, the world’s largest and sixth-largest steelmakers. The new law will develop the changes to the mineral policy last year that have so far failed to unlock development.
“It will be great if the government is able to cut down the long-winded procedure,” Niraj Shah, an analyst at Centrum Capital Ltd., said today. It will help companies who are serious about building operations in India, he said.
India, which holds the world’s fourth-largest bauxite deposits and the fifth-largest iron ore reserves according to McKinsey & Co., currently regulates mining through the five- decade old Mines & Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act.
“We will introduce a legal framework that ensures sustainable development and includes environment concerns,” Handique said. “We have to ensure it’s more broad-based as if there is resistance from people it will not be possible to translate the act into reality.”
Posco, ArcelorMittal
Land disputes and delays in allocating mining licenses have stopped South Korea-based Posco from proceeding with potentially the biggest overseas investment in India. The company is yet to begin building a $12 billion, 12 million metric ton steel plant in eastern Orissa state, planned for more than five years.
“The policy is aimed to make the rules more transparent and simpler,” Handique said. “Posco is a bad precedent but we know that overseas companies want to invest in India and transparent policy will help that,” he said, adding that he also expects the law changes to spark investment from domestic companies.
“We hope the government approves the mine license soon, then we would like to secure land and start the project as soon as possible,” Choi Doo Jin, a spokesman at Posco, said by phone from Seoul today.
ArcelorMittal has proposed setting up two mills in India, one in Orissa and another in Jharkhand -- with a total capacity of 24 million tons. It signed an accord for the Jharkhand mill in mid- 2005, followed by the one in Orissa.
Besides companies, countries including South Africa, Namibia and Colombia have shown interest in investing in the mining sector, Handique said.
Source: Bloomberg
To contact the reporter on this story: Debarati Roy in Mumbai at droy5@bloomberg.net
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Monday, 17 August 09
COAL EXPORTS CONTINUE DESPITE SHORTAGE
Vietnam News reported that, Viet Nam is exporting more coal despite a warning from experts that the country could face a shortage of this fossil fue ...
Monday, 17 August 09
S.KOREA JULY COAL IMPORTS UP TO 8.97 MLN T
* Imports of heating coal in July up 3.7 percent on year
* LNG imports in July fall for seventh straight month
Alibaba reorted that, South Kore ...
Monday, 17 August 09
COAL INDIA PLANS A PRICE HIKE OF 11%
With the state-run CIL mining 84% of the coal produced in the country, an 11% increase will push up inflation by around 0.16%, the company said
L ...
Monday, 17 August 09
BANPU SEES INDONESIAN MINE OUTPUT UP 10 PCT IN 2010
Reuters reported that, Thailand's top coal miner, Banpu, said on Monday it expected coal output from its Indonesian mines to rise 10 percent to abo ...
Monday, 17 August 09
COAL IMPORTS SURGE IN H1
China is one of the world's leading coal producers. But even so, imports of coal have surged in the first half of the year, hitting a record in Jun ...
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