KIEV, Jan. 30 - Two bids have been submitted in a tender to sell a 96.67% stake in Nikopol Pivdennotrubny Plant in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the State Property Fund's press service reported.

The fund did not name the companies that submitted the bids.

The tender to sell the stake in the plant, Ukraine's monopoly producer of geological survey, pump and rolled pipes for high-pressure boilers, was announced on Nov. 22. The initial price of the 96.67% stake was set at UAH 352.614 million.