A 120 MW captive power plant of Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys at Choudwar in Orissa will be functional by mid-2012, IMFA Managing Director Subhrakant Panda has said recently.
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Infrascape 2012 | Finance: Brewing strain on debt servicing
For us the most active and fruitful sectors in 2011 were road and power sector. These sectors comÂprise a majority of our portÂfolio. I understand that even in case of commercial banks these two sectors form the majority of their infrastruÂcture loan book,
Sowing seeds in the right land
Sameer K Bhatnagar presents an investment landscape for Canadian companies to invest in India and outlines the major sectors where opportunities lie. These are interesting times for infrastructure comÂpanies in India.
Indonesia to tighten coal export norms
Indonesia has circulated a draft decree seeking comments on imposing a ban on export of coal below 5,100 gross kcal per kg from 2014. Earlier, Jakarta brought in regulations that calÂled for all coal exports
China bank to fund Indian infra
Just as the world’s largest bank in terms of profit, market capitaliÂsation, and customer deposits veÂntured into India last month with plans to fund the infraÂstructure sector, the Indian govÂernment also gave its nod to Indian comÂpanies to raise loans up to $1 billion in Chinese yuan.
Power capacity grew
During the 11th Plan, 40,781 MW of power capacity has been added which is nearly double the capacity added in the entire Tenth Plan, Union Minister of Power Sushilkumar Shinde said.
Power Grid's 1st 1,200-kV station in MP
Power Grid Corporation will launch a 1,200-kV ultra-high voltage (UHV) test station along with experimental lines in Bina of Madhya Pradesh in September.
Power, telecom cos raise foreign funds
The Centre had approved companies' fund raising worth Rs 60,950 crore through extÂernal commercial borrowing (ECB) or foreign currency cÂoÂnvertible bonds (FCCB) for inÂfrastructure projects in the last two financial years.
Coal-rich nations' policies to hit power cos
Development of new proÂjeÂcts could face problems from the regulatory reforms being undertaken by coal-rich nations - from where the fossil fuel is sourced.
Coal shortage to hit power addition plan
Shortage of coal is expected to impact the country's new capacity addition plans to the tune of 15,000 MW in the current fiscal.

