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Boosting Power Generation: NTPC scouting for coal mines abroad

	May 12, 2008

With the ongoing coal crunch threatening to disrupt electricity generation, NTPC Ltd — the country’s largest power producer — has widened its search for coal blocks abroad and is looking at options in Mozambique and South Africa. NTPC has already been looking at investing in coal blocks in Indonesia. “We are looking to secure fuel supplies in order to support our ambitious generation target. We are looking at Indonesia, Mozambique and South Africa,” NTPC’s newly appointed Chairman and Managin ...