More than a dozen groups are expressing interest in buying the Pike River coalfield, which has a resource worth up to $6 billion.
The West Coast coalfield is about to be formally marketed by the receivers, who aim to get a sale by the end of June. Australian and Indian companies are thought to be in the race, as well as state-owned Solid Energy.
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Parties named as possibly interested include Pike River Coal associate Gujarat NRE and Australian-listed coal developer Bathurst Resources, which already has some resources on the West Coast in the Buller region.
Mr Fisk said he could only confirm interest from Solid Energy, but said the potential overseas buyers came from Asia, the Americas and Australia.
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