NTPC signs agreement with RI coal producers
Tuesday, October 9 2012 - 01:32 AM WIB
India-based NTPC Simhadri has signed an agreement with coal suppliers in Indonesia for purchase of coal to power its 500 MW Unit-4 Super Thermal Project in Parawada which would use the coal blended with Indian coal in the ratio of 80:20.
?We are very happy that the first consignment of 1.5 lakh ton will reach Gangavaram Port on Oct. 8. The Andhra Pradesh government will arrange supply of 7,000 tons per day from Singareni with immediate effect,? NTPC Simhadri General Manager In-charge D.K. Sood told The Hindu.
NTPC Simhadri has signed agreement for purchasing 4.5 lakh tons of low caloric coal from Indonesia for a period of three months.
With the commissioning both units under Stage-II (unit-4 went fully commercial on Sept. 30), Simhadri?s coal requirement has doubled to 36,000 tons per day. (*)