1.   A six-month international bidding for construction contracts is scheduled to start in June.

2.   GM and Ford Motor Co. are considered the front-runners in international bidding for Daewoo.

3.   Now, both ONGC and OIL will compete with private companies for exploration licenses through international bidding.

4.   Russia wants to participate in international bidding for Vietnamese oil and power projects, a Hanoi newspaper said Thursday.

5.   The Brazilian company Paranapanema S.A. won the international bidding Friday for the state-owned Yauliyacu mining company.

6.   The Korean consortium beat Framatone of France, Westinghouse of the United States and Mitsubishi of Japan in international bidding called by the China Nuclear Energy Industry Corp.

7.   For the remaining one-third of the project budget, it was now seeking loans through international bidding, he said.

8.   After the October oil accord between Argentina and Great Britain, Argentina called for international bidding to explore for oil in waters around the archipelago.

9.   Argentina is calling for international bidding to explore for oil in waters around the Falkland Islands, known here as the Malvinas, officials said Friday.

10.   Argentina is seeking international bidding and exploration and exploitation rights in seven maritime sites, government sources told AFP.