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 imp¬orted coal for power-generating companies (gencos)