Article: Eight foreign firms among 17 bidding for coal exploration

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Kolkata, Oct. 5 -- Leading coal miner Coal India Ltd (CIL) has received bids from 17 companies - both national and international - for extracting coal from 18 abandoned underground mines belonging to three of its subsidiaries.

"We have received bids from 17 companies, eight of which are from overseas," a source close to the development told IANS.

The bidders are Xindia Steels, Walter Southeast Asia, Afcon Infrastructure, Essel Mining and Industries, Sunflag Iron and Steel, Anglo American Services India, Indo-Australia Mining, Reliance Infrastructure, Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machineries, Essar Mineral Resources, Electrosteel ...

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