About half a dozen companies and financial institutions are interested in acquiring a stake in the loss-making and highly indebted Bhushan Power and Steel, people familiar with the development confirmed to FE. These include local steel producers Tata Steel and JSW Steel. A couple of foreign steel producers too have shown interest in picking up a stake in Bhushan Steel, bankers with direct knowledge of the developments said. One of the foreign players is believed to be Korean steel giant Posco, which has been trying to set up a plant in Odisha for several years now. An email to the company remained unanswered till the time of going to press. The two companies together owe banks close to Rs 95,000 crore. Insolvency proceedings were initiated against them in the National Company Law Tribunal on July 26 on the basis of pleas filed by State Bank of India and Punjab National Bank. Bhushan Steel, a listed company, is promoted by the Singal family which holds a stake of 43.74%.