CIL issues import tender for 2.4MT of coal, identifies 26 beneficiaries
For the first time ever, Coal India (CIL) has issued a tender for purchasing imported coal for power generating companies (gencos) in the wake of the Centre directing it to meet the shortfall in the domestic coal supply chain.
CIL has called for bids to supply 2.4 million tonnes (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.
The imported coal would be supplied to state government-owned gencos and independent power producers (IPPs), 1.2 mt each. The IPPs include Sembcorp Energy, JP Power, Avantha Power, Lanco, Rattan India, GMR, CESC, Vedanta Power, Jindal India Thermal, among others.
