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'Demand for thermal coal to rise due to increase in electricity demand'

The coal ministry has taken consistent initiatives to increase the production of coal from captive mines

Thermal coal imports at major ports fall 16% to 55 MT in Apr-Dec: Body

Disruptions caused by the pandemic continued to impact cargo movement in India

Thermal, coking coal imports in 12 ports dip 25% to 55 MT in Apr-Sep: IPA

Coal volumes at the 12 major ports declined for the sixth straight month in September 2020, as per the Indian Ports Association (IPA)

Thermal, coking coal imports dip 28% to 46 mn tonnes in Apr-Aug: IPA

Thermal coal imports dropped 25.42 per cent to 28.93 MT and coking coal shipments fell 31.87 per cent to 16.84 MT during this period

Thermal, coking coal imports at major ports dip 31% to 37 MT in Apr-Jul

Hit by disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, both thermal and coking coal imports at India's 12 major ports dropped 31 per cent to 36.7 million tonnes (MT) in April-July 2020

Thermal coal imports at major ports drop 35% to 17.71 MT in Apr-June: IPA

Impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, coking coal imports too witnessed a decline of 28.49 per cent to 10.69 MT in the quarter

Govt is asking states to stop thermal coal imports: Pralhad Joshi

Making it clear that he was not politicising the issue, the minister said many states are importing thermal coal which is substitutable

India 2019 thermal coal imports rise 12.6% to nearly 200 mn tonnes: Govt

India imported 51.33 million tonnes of coking coal in 2019, down from 51.63 million tonnes in 2018, the data showed

India's thermal coal imports to cross 200 mn tonnes in FY 20: Icra

Icra said it expects Coal India, which has missed annual production targets over the last few years, to fall short of its 2019/20 production forecast of 660 million tonnes by up to 75 million tonnes

Thermal coal prices fall, Indian power plants to see limited gains

Prices of Indonesian coal are down 14% while South African coal has declined 21% in the past six months

Thermal coal imports increase 14% in Q2, India on track for import rise

The strong purchases take India's first-half imports to 81.9 million tonnes, up 13 percent from the 72.3 million tonnes imported over the same period in 2017

On verge of retiring, thermal power producers not keen to invest

Thermal power producers with three to four years shy of reaching the retirement age are not keen to invest on technology upgrade to meet the latest emission norms notified by the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC).The ministry guidelines mandate thermal power projects to invest Rs 1-1.2 crore per Mw on installing latest equipment to meet the norms to mitigate pollution. The deadline originally fixed for compliance is the end of December this year.Older coal-fired generating units are hesitant to make capital investments. Since they run the risk of being retired after three to four years, any additional investment appears imprudent. Facing stiff competition from renewable energy sources, especially solar power in tariffs and cost of production, thermal power plants feel they should not be burdened with additional investments."No thermal power producer would like to commit on unviable investments at a time when competition from renewables is getting ...

Thoothkudi port surpasses last year cargo traffic

Major cargo that contributed to this achievement includes thermal coal, containers, industrial coal and fertilisers