Adani's Aus coal mine project hit by ownership controversy

Written By Unknown on Minggu, 08 Februari 2015 | 21.03

The Sydney Morning Herald said that a Fairfax Media report has found a complex web of companies tied to Adani's Australian coal developments, extending from the low-tax regime of Singapore to the tax haven of the Cayman Islands.

Indian mining giant Adani's 16 billion dollar mining project in Australia's Queensland state has been hit by another controversy over the ultimate ownership of the Abbot Point Port lease which reportedly could be controlled by a complex network of companies.

The Sydney Morning Herald today said that a Fairfax Media report "has found a complex web of companies tied to Adani's Australian coal developments, extending from the low-tax regime of Singapore to the tax haven of the Cayman Islands. "Company documents also suggest uncertainty about the ultimate ownership of the Abbot Point development, which has attracted global scrutiny and fierce criticism from the environmental movement because of its closeness to the Great Barrier Reef," it said.

Fairfax Media is not suggesting there is anything illegal about Adani's complex corporate structure. But its use of offshore, low-tax jurisdictions in relation to its Australian operations, and the apparent uncertainty about ownership of the Abbot Point Port lease, raise questions about the ability of the public to scrutinise a project of such huge economic and environmental significance. The report said "it appears that Gautam Adani does not ultimately control many of the companies associated with his company's Australian coal developments.

Instead his eldest brother Vinod Shantilal Adani holds pivotal positions." The report said Vinod has been named in an Indian criminal investigation into the alleged siphoning of 1 billion dillar from Indian shareholders in three Adani companies into offshore accounts. "Whatever the truth of the untested allegations, a trail of documents appears to tie Vinod Shantilal Adani to the ownership of the Abbot Point lease. One of the difficulties in following Adani's corporate trail is conflicting paperwork," the report said.

"Company documents, including annual reports filed in India, say  Adani Enterprises the Bombay Stock Exchange-listed parent company for a network of related Adani entities  had divested, or sold, its interest in Abbot Point Port in 2013 for 235 million dollars to a private company in Singapore called Abbot Point Port Holdings," it said.

"A company record lodged in Singapore names Abbot Point Port Holdings' sole director as Vinod Shantilal Adani, the report said adding that records at Australian Securities and Investments Commission, and annual reports for Adani's registered Australian companies, were in the name a publicly listed Indian company,  Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, as the ultimate shareholder for the port," the report said. It said the company that interacted with Queensland and federal governments has been another subsidiary of Adani Enterprises, Adani Mining Pty Ltd.

Adani Ports stock price

On February 06, 2015, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone closed at Rs 300.10, down Rs 11.6, or 3.72 percent. The 52-week high of the share was Rs 352.60 and the 52-week low was Rs 143.30.


The company's trailing 12-month (TTM) EPS was at Rs 10.42 per share as per the quarter ended December 2014. The stock's price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio was 28.8. The latest book value of the company is Rs 45.09 per share. At current value, the price-to-book value of the company is 6.66.


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