On the fifth day of commercial coal mine auction on Friday, Aurobindo Reality and Infrastructure Ltd won a block in Jharkhand, while EMIL Mines and Mineral Resources emerged as a winner for a mine in Odisha.

  EMIL Mines and Mineral Resources made the final bid offer of 16.75 per cent revenue sharing for Radhikapur (East) block in Odisha, for which Adani Enterprises Ltd, Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) and National Aluminium Co Ltd (Nalco) were also in the race.

With regard to the Urma Paharitola coal block in Jharkhand, Aurobindo

Reality and Infrastructure made the highest final offer of 26.50 per cent revenue sharing, the coal ministry said in a statement.

Companies like Adani Power Resources Ltd and Welspun Steel Ltd were also vying for the block.

 The block, which has geological reserves of 579.30 million tonnes, will generate an annual revenue of Rs 1,415.85 crore, the ministry said.

 This is the second block won by Aurobindo Reality and Infrastructure in this auction.

 On the first day of auction, the company had won the Takli-Jena-Bellora (North and South) block in Maharashtra.

 "Two coal mines (one in Odisha and one in Jharkhand) were put up for auction on Day 5 of commercial coal mine auction," the ministry statement said.

 The total geological reserves of the mines put up for auction are 755.63 million tonnes with a cumulative peak rate capacity of 15 million tonnes per annum.

 The e-auction witnessed strong competition among the bidders with both the mines attracting good premiums over the floor price, the ministry said.