Corrected: India's thermal coal imports likely to rise 10 percent in 2019 - Adani Enterprises
(Corrects headline and paragraph 1 to Adani Enterprises from Adani Power)
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's thermal coal imports could rise by about 10 percent to 174-177 million tonnes in 2019, an executive from Adani Enterprises said on Tuesday.
"We expect strong demand from the sponge iron industry, amounting to about 40-50 million tonnes," Rajendra Singh, chief operating officer of coal trading at India's largest coal trader Adani Enterprises said at the Coaltrans conference.
(Reporting by Sudarshan Varadhan; Editing by Shreejay Sinha)
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