FRANKFURT, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Three bidders have been shortlisted in an auction of German waste management company EEW in a deal potentially worth more than 1.7 billion euros ($1.8 billion), two people familiar with the matter said.
Chinese Beijing Enterprise Holdings 0392.HK , Finnish utility Fortum FUM1V.HE and a consortium comprising infrastructure investor Macquarie MQG.AX and German utility Steag have been asked to hand in final bids for Energy from Waste (EEW) by late January, the people added.
EEW's private equity owner EQT as well as the bidders declined to comment, except for Beijing Enterprises and Beijing Capital which were not immediately available for comment. ($1 = 0.9227 euros)