The Sajjan Jindal-promoted JSW Energy is planning an investment of Rs 4,500 crore to acquire coal mines abroad and another of Rs 10,000 crore in West Bengal through a joint venture with group company JSW Bengal Steel.
The company’s board today approved the floating of an overseas subsidiary for the investment abroad. The company also announced a profit after tax of Rs 205 crore for the quarter ended December 31, about 73 per cent more than the Rs 118.5 crore net profit posted in the corresponding period last year. Total income for the period was Rs 712.4 crore, about the same as the corresponding period revenues of Rs 711 crore last year.
The better performance was mainly on account of enhanced generation from capacity additions, sales and less fuel costs.
JSW Energy, which debuted on the stock exchanges in the first week of January, had earlier contracted coal from Indonesia to fuel its power projects.
The company will form a special purpose vehicle (SPV) with group company JSW Bengal Steel to set up a 1,600-Mw (2x800 Mw) power plant at Ichhapur in West Bengal.
JSW Energy will hold 74 per cent in the SPV and JSW Bengal Steel the balance 26 per cent. The SPV will develop the power project and captive coal mines in Ichhapur at an estimated cost of Rs 7,680 crore and Rs 2,000 crore, respectively. The project is proposed to be financed with a debt equity ratio of 3:1. The steel producer will buy 51 per cent of the power produced from this unit and the rest will be up for sale, said the release.
Share prices of the company fell 2.33 per cent on the Bombay Stock Exchange today, to close at Rs 112.95 per share.