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Orissa govt taken aback at Mittal withdrawal
Long before L N Mittal told a British newspaper that he may pull out of the 12 million tonne greenfield steel project in Orissa, the writing was on the wall. The sequence of developments on the projects, since the signing of the agreement between ArcelorMittal and the state government in December, 2006 had already put it in the ‘doubtful’ category.

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OVL, Sistema on joint oil hunt
ONGC Videsh (OVL), the overseas arm of ONGC, has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sistema, a diversified industrial group of Russia having investment in India’s telecom sector, to jointly acquire and develop oil and gas fields in Russia and other CIS countries.
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IIFCL FY09 profit rises by five fold at Rs 70 cr

India Infrastructure Finance Company (IIFCL) today reported five-fold jump in net profit at Rs 70 crore for the fiscal year ended March 2009. - IIFCL to raise Rs 5,000 cr from taxable bonds in FY10 - StanChart H1 profit before tax jumps 10% to $2.83 bn - Govt forms standing committee on infra financing - Barclays H1 profit rises 10% at 1.88 bn pounds - HSBC H1 profit plummets 57% at $3.35 bn - Motorola rings in $26 mn profit in second quarter The company had a net profit of Rs 14.10 crore in the previous fiscal. Total income of the company during 2008-09 increased over five-fold to Rs 634.86 crore, the company said in a statement. However, the total expenses increased from Rs 86.67 crore to Rs 485.15 crore, mainly on account of cost of borrowings. IIFCL since its inception in 2006 has sanctioned Rs 18,714 crore to 108 infrastructure projects. Of these, 103 projects have achieved financial closure where the company"s commitment is Rs 13,668 crore. During 2008-09, the company disbursed Rs 3,197 crore compared to Rs 1,541 crore during 2007-08, which represents a growth of 107 per cent. The company has so far disbursed nearly Rs 5,900 crore in 89 cases. Of the assisted projects, 11 have achieved Commercial Operation Date (CoD), while another 7 highway projects are expected to achieve CoD shortly, it said.


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