Indian consortium may bid for Afghan mining blocks - report
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State-run Steel Authority of India Ltd and government-controlled Hindustan Copper Ltd are in talks with Aditya Birla Group and Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JNSP.NS) to form a consortium to bid for gold and copper deposits in Afghanistan, the Mint newspaper reported.
Afghanistan has invited expressions of interest by March 9 for gold and copper deposits in four provinces.
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The consortium partners will be finalised soon, the paper quoted Hindustan Copper Chairman Shakeel Ahmed as saying.
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Jindal Steel and Power is also interested in investing in other projects in Afghanistan, Chief Executive V.R.Sharma told the newspaper.
SAIL and Jindal Steel and Power were part of a consortium that won three iron ore blocks in Afghanistan's Hajigak province in November.
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India and China, two of the world's fastest growing major economies, are vying with each other for access to Afghanistan's oil and mineral reserves.
The companies could not be reached immediately for comment.
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