State-run trading firm MMTC has chalked out expansion plans entailing an estimated outlay of Rs 20,000 crore over the next few years.The company, which today paid a final dividend of Rs 12.42 crore for FY06 to the government, is setting up Free Trade Warehousing zones and is also likely to get its first coal block in Jharkhand, an official release said.The final dividend cheque was presented by MMTC chairman SD Kapoor to commerce and industry minister Kamal Nath, the release said.MMTC is enlarging activities in the power sector and would invest Rs 70 crore to set up a wind energy farm in Karnataka...the company would also enter into long-term alliances or joint ventures for energy inputs, the release said.During FY06, the company achieved its highest ever business volume of Rs 16,362 crore. This included import transactions totaling Rs 11,786 crore.The company posted record net profits during the last fiscal at Rs 108.29 crore despite pressure on margins, the release said.
