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MUMBAI Dec 14 (Reuters) - International Coal Ventures, a consortium of five Indian state-run companies including Steel Authority of India and Coal India , may bid for Australia's Riversdale Mining , the Business Standard reported.

Other companies planning a bid for the Australian firm as part of the consortium are iron ore miner NMDC , power producer NTPC and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, the newspaper said on Tuesday.

Riversdale had no immediate comment on the report.