State-run Coal India will bid for three blocks in critical minerals auctions conducted by the country’s mines ministry in February, Chairman and Managing Director P M Prasad told analysts in a post-earnings conference call on Monday.
The world’s largest miner has also visited lithium mines in Australia and is in preliminary talks about operating them, Prasad said.
Separately, a senior Coal India official said the company will be bidding for lithium and nickel mines in the auctions that will be held on Feb. 26.
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