Coal India (NSE:COALINDIA, BOM:533278) will offer 35 million tons of coal under its linkage auction window on June 12, according to a company statement filed with Indian bourses on Friday.
The offer is aimed at non-regulated sector consumers, including sponge iron units, and is intended to reduce reliance on imported coal, the company said.
The company has also allowed steel (coking) sub-sector consumers to sell coal middlings in the open market. It said steel plants may use middlings for captive power generation, and remaining volumes can be sold, the filing said.
Under the current tranche of linkage auctions that began on June 3, Coal India has also offered around 13.8 million tons of coal to the steel (coking) sector. It has increased flexibility on consortium partner changes during the contract period from two to five times.
Non-regulated sector consumers setting up greenfield or brownfield projects will also be allowed to secure coal linkages before project commissioning, with coal available within three years of participation in linkages, the filing said.