Administracion Nacional de Combustibles Alcohol y Portland (Ancap) received several expressions of interest from foreign companies to acquire its 84.1% stake in Carboclor S.A. (BASE:CARC), Uruguay's industry, energy and mining minister Omar Paganini told BNamericas. "There were interested parties, but we can't call them offers, but rather positions of interest, people who said 'It could interest me too'. For that reason, it was decided to hold a shortened tender," said the official. As previously reported, Ancap will launch a tender in the coming weeks to sell the stake in Carboclor after the government of Luis Lacalle Pou asked the company to make a decision on the $45 million offer presented by Pure Life General Trading for the logistics firm.