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VISL floats RFQ to procure 20,000 tons of LAM coke

October 8: Steel Authority of India Limited’s (SAIL’s) Visvesvaraya Iron & Steel Plant (VISL) has floated a request for quotation (RFQ) notice to procure 20,000 tons (+/-2%) of low ash metallurgical (LAM) coke on FOR Bhadravati basis by road, according to information available with ICMW.

Only indigenous coke manufacturers and PSU trading firms are eligible for participation in the tender, the notice said.

The material to be supplied should contain 12% ash, 4% total moisture, 1% volatile matter, 0.60% sulphur, 0.03% phosphorus and 86% fixed carbon whereas the size should vary between -30 mm to 80 mm.

Interested parties can submit their bids till October 15, 2014 up to 11 am while the bids will be opened on the same day at 11.30 am.