VENKATESH COKE & POWER
February 1st, 2003
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKAINDIA'S Venkatesh Coke and Power Ltd. has announced that it has secured a sales contract for selling coke to Germany's RAG from its planned 110MW power station in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, which will import 1.2 million tonnes of coking coal per year, mostly low ash coal from Australia. RAG will sell the coke to German steel mills, said Venkatesh, which will also be exporting coke to India and South Africa; the company hopes to produce and export 750,000 million tonnes of coke annually from the island plant. It has up a Sri Lankan ...
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