The Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) has bagged the Kasia iron ore and dolomite blocks at a 118% premium. The financial bidding for the mineral blocks had been carried out on Saturday and the JSPL emerged as top bidder. At least 13 companies had submitted bids for the Kasia mine of which seven cleared the technical bidding round and participated in the financial bidding, sources said.The Kasia mine was earlier operated by the Aditya Birla Group-owned Essel Mining till the lease period expired. The bidding for 11 mineral blocks, for which NIT was issued on July 7, has started from Saturday. Total 123 bids have been received for these mineral deposits, of which seven are virgin blocks while leases of four blocks have expired.The bidders, who would bag these un-explored blocks, have to develop the blocks for mining.Big players, including JSPL, Adani, JSW, Tata Steel, ArcelorMittal, Essel Mining & Industries, Rungta Mines, MSPL, Vedanta and NMDC are in the race for the mines.