Adani among 11 bidders in race for CIL's Rs 3,100-cr coal import tender
Eleven bidders, including Adani Enterprises, have shown interest in the first-ever coal import tender issued by national miner Coal India (CIL). Recently, state-owned NTPC awarded 6.25 million tonnes (mt) of imported coal tender worth Rs 8,300 crore to Adani Enterprises.
CIL, in a public statement on Tuesday, said: “The prominent Indian agencies among them (11 coal importers) were Adani Enterprises, Mohit Minerals, and Chettinad Logistics. A couple of coal exporting agencies from abroad, including one from Indonesia, have also shown interest,” it said. Apart from Adani, the other two names disclosed by CIL from its pre-bid meetings were contenders in the NTPC tender as well.
CIL issued a tender for purchasing imported coal for power-generating companies (gencos) after the Centre directed it to meet the shortfall in the domestic coal supply chain. CIL has called for bids to supply 2.4 mt of coal to be delivered for the July to September 2022 period. The estimated value of the contract is Rs 3,100 crore, CIL said in the tender document.
