Shaving its stake of Rocklands from 16.4% to 13.6%, the Indian steelmaker’s bid matched the $A197 million informal takeover offer by China’s Meijin Energy Group and was announced to the market on Monday.
Rocklands has three coal projects in Queensland’s Bowen Basin and has funded exploration through the earnings of China Coke and Chemicals, which it acquired via a reverse takeover in 2007. China Coke has a 480,000 tonnes per annum coking plant in eastern China.
Rocklands’ Hillalong project 100km west of Mackay has total JORC-compliant coal resources of 61.3 million tonnes, while its namesake project 40km south of Blackwater has total resources of 880Mt.
