Indian firm in talks to buy Colombian coal mine stake for $1 billion

Mineweb | June 14, 2012 | 11:04 am Energy Latin America Coal

The Aditya Birla group is looking to buy the rights to between 20% and 40% of the coal produced by Drummond’s Colombian coal mines to feed its $5 billion aluminium growth programme.

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