Coal India floats its maiden tender for coal imports - Economic Times

The state-run miner, which has little experience in importing coal, was asked to place orders for shipments from overseas by the power ministry last month. The company is seeking deliveries at power stations, according to a tender document.

In a first ever, Coal India Limited (CIL) on Wednesday floated an international competitive bidding e-tender, seeking bids for import of 2.416 million tonnes (MTs) of coal. The coal being sourced on… [+1768 chars]

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