GMR, JSW in Rs 2,200-crore battle for Canada's CIC

15 Oct 2010 Evaluate

GMR, the Bangalore-based infrastructure and power major, has put in an aggressive bid to emerge as a frontrunner for the controlling stake in CIC Energy, the Canadian resources company. The bid, if successful, could value the acquisition at a little over $500 million (Rs 2,215 crore), which many believe could well see another bidding war among Indian and Chinese mining and power companies.

 

According to two people aware of the developments, GMR is pitted against Sajjan Jindal’s JSW Group who has also put in a non-binding bid. Both companies are at various stages of completing a due diligence exercise within their stipulated exclusivity period. At least one more bid is expected from a Chinese party within a fortnight.

 

A Toronto Exchange-listed coal exploration company, CIC Energy has an ‘A-grade’ mining-cum-power complex called Mmamabula Energy Complex in Botswana, southern Africa. The Mmamubala coal field is estimated to have 2.6 billion tonnes of high-thermal coal, mostly above 6,000 kcal/kg of calorific value. Within the next three to four years, it is expected that around 24 million tonnes of coal can be extracted every year. There is also a proposed 1,200-Mw coal-fired power plant and a coal to hydrocarbons project.crackcrack

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