The government on Tuesday said that 59 companies, including JSPL, NTPC and Vedanta, have submitted bids for 36 coal blocks that were put up for sale under the commercial mines auction.
A total of 96 bids were submitted for the coal blocks.
“A total of 96 bids were received under two tranches of commercial coal mine auctions,” the coal ministry said in a statement.
This is the highest ever bids received since the launch of commercial coal mines auction in the year 2020, the ministry said, adding, a “total of six public sector companies had submitted the bids in the ongoing round of commercial coal mines’ auction as well”.
