Five companies have registered for the June 19 auction for the Liberty Galați steel plant, formerly Sidex, with the list of bidders unchanged from the first round held three months ago, according to News.ro . The starting price has been reduced to EUR 444 million from EUR 709 million, while the deadline for the sale process has been extended by three months. “There was interest from the same parties that subscribed to the first auction, who bought the specifications,” Paul Dieter Cîrlănaru, chief executive officer of CITR, one of Liberty Galați’s administrators, told News.ro.