Eight prospective bidders attended pre-bid meeting in Noida
Bharat Coal Gasification and Chemicals Limited (BCGCL) continues to make substantial progress with its maiden Coal Gasification Project in India https://www.climate.gov/ which is to be established in Odisha’s Lakhanpur area of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) https://www.coalindia.in/ .
The project has reached key milestones with the recent floating of tenders, Ministry of Coal http://coal.nic.in said on 3 Jul.
BCGCL has conducted its first pre-bid meeting for its first Coal Gasification project on 1 July in Noida https://unfccc.int/ . The meeting was attended by representatives of 8 prospective bidders https://www.iea.org/ .
The pre bid meeting provided a platform for comprehensive discussions, clarifications, collaboration opportunities, and the dissemination of essential project information https://www.worldcoal.com/ .
Under the strategic direction of the Ministry of Coal, BCGCL had floated tenders for three Lump Sum Turnkey (LSTK) packages—LSTK-2 on May 30, and LSTK-3 and LSTK-4 on June 14 https://www.coalaustralia.com/ . These tenders are aimed at finalizing the Detailed Feasibility Report (DFR) essential for the project’s advancement .
The Government has approved the investment and formation of Joint Venture company between CIL and BHEL wherein CIL holds 51% stake https://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/ . Accordingly, BCGCL, a subsidiary of CIL has been formed to pursue coal-to-chemicals operation . Fiinews.com
