Coal India units agree to buy back shares but ratchet up valuations

Coal India units agree to buy back shares but ratchet up valuations

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After Northern Coalfields Ltd, the board of South Eastern Coalfields Ltd on Monday agreed to pay Rs1,200 crore to Coal India Ltd by way of a buyback of shares, but both the wholly owned subsidiaries have substantially ratcheted up their own valuations from June last year when they had first agreed to release cash from their coffers.

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