Page 5 - India Coal Import

India considering strategic reserves for natural gas, imported coal

India is considering maintaining strategic reserves of natural gas and imported coal to address future supply shocks

India's coal import rises 50% to 19 million tonnes in June

India's coal import rose 50 per cent to 18.77 million tonnes (MT) in June this year, when compared to the shipments arrived in the same month of 2020

India's coal import rises 20 pc in May; volumes may be subdued in monsoon

India's coal import rose 20.4 per cent to 19.92 million tonnes (MT) in the month of May. The country had imported 16.54 MT of coal in May last fiscal, according to data compiled by mjunction Services. "On a year-on-year basis, however, India's coal and coke imports in May 2021 were up 20.4 per cent as against 16.54 MT clocked in May 2020," it said. Import volumes of dry-fuel, it said, are expected to remain subdued in the ongoing monsoon season on account of lower demand, firm prices and high freight rates. India's coal import also rose 25.4 per cent to 42.19 MT in the first two months of the ongoing fiscal, against 33.63 MT of coal imported in the corresponding period of previous financial year, it said. Of the total import in May, non-coking coal was at 13.64 MT, against 10.54 MT imported in May last financial year. Coking coal import was at 4.41 MT, up against 3.18 MT imported in May last fiscal. During April-May, non-coking coal import was at 28.96 MT as compared to 22.82 MT

India's coal production drops marginally by 2% to 716 mn tonnes in FY'21

India's total coal production registered a marginal decline of 2.02% to 716.084 million tonnes during the last fiscal year

India's coal import drops 17% to 137.16 mn tonne in Apr-Nov: mjunction

India's coal import declined by 17 per cent to 137.16 million tonne (MT) in the April-November period of the current fiscal.

To protest domestic producers, coal shipments disclosures amde madatory

Importers of coking coal, steam coal and bituminous coal would have to gain a permit ahead of deliveries, the commerce and industry ministry said

India's coal import drops 19% to 116.8 mn tonnes during Apr-Oct this fiscal

Of the total import in October 2020, non-coking coal was at 14.46 MT. In October 2019, the import was 13.57 MT

Coal import drops 35% in Aug on low demand from power, cement sector

Of the total imports in August, non-coking coal''s shipment was at 8.87 MT and coking coal at 2.18 MT

India's coal imports decline 29.7% to 48.84 MT in April-June of FY21

The drop in imports assumes significance in the wake of government mandating state-owned Coal India Ltd to replace at least 100 million tonne of imports with domestically-produced coal in 2020-2021

17 independent power producers to forgo imported coal for domestic supply

Adani Power, GMR Energy, Avantha Power, Lalitpur Power, and Vedanta are some of the private companies that have applied for the 'import substitution' scheme of the Centre

Centre changes track to focus on coal contracts, instead of buying mines

Earlier it was planning to buy mines; now, it will try to freeze contracts at competitive prices

India, world's No. 2 coal buyer, plans to cut imports by a third in 5 years

Imports are seen falling to below 150 million tonnes by the year ending March 2024, down from 235.2 million tonnes India got from overseas in the last fiscal year.

India expected to import 180-185 mn tonnes of coal in 2019: WoodMac

WoodMac previously said India's thermal coal imports grew at their fastest pace since 2014 to 164 million tonnes in 2018

India a bright spot for US coal miners struggling to get buyers at home

Last year, India imported 7.54 million tons of US thermal coal -- which is burned by power plants -- and 3.92 million tons of metallurgical coal, which is used in steelmaking