US Export-Import Bank Clears Loan To India Power Plant
August 25 2010 - 3:12PM
Dow Jones News
The U.S. Export-Import Bank has decided to make a $900 million
loan to Reliance Power Ltd. (532939.BY) to build a coal-fired power
plant in India, reversing an earlier decision to reject the
financing.
The power plant has been widely criticized by environmental
groups, which say the Export-Import Bank shouldn't be financing a
project that will produce carbon dioxide emissions and contribute
to global warming.
By a vote of 3-0 Wednesday, the bank's board of directors
approved financing for Reliance Power's "Sasan" power plant, which
is expected to produce about 4,000 megawatts of power.
In doing so, the board reversed an earlier decision in June to
deny the funding.
The $900 million loan will be used to buy goods and services
from U.S. companies. Roughly half of the money will be used to buy
equipment from Bucyrus International Inc. (BUCY), a Wisconsin-based
company that makes mining equipment.
-By Tennille Tracy, Dow Jones Newswires; 202-862-6619;
tennille.tracy@dowjones.com
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