Thermal Coal Imports

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  How US Bridge Collapse May Impact Indian Importers, Hit Supply Chain

  The collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore in the US has reverberated across the Indian coal and petcoke markets, sparking concerns about potential supply chain disruptions and price impacts.

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  Centre Aiming To Produce More Than 1 Billion Tonnes Of Coal In 2023-24

  This annual coal output target by the government is part of the plan to reduce the import of thermal or non-coking coal, used in power generation, in the coming few years.

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  Thermal Coal Imports In November At 10 Month-Low As Local Output Rises

  Imports fell mainly due to higher production by state-run Coal India, which accounts for 80% of India's coal output.

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  India Narrows Thermal Coal Imports Gap With Top Buyer China

  India is fast catching up with China in its thermal coal imports, as the world's two biggest overseas buyers of the power generation fuel adjust purchases to align them with the varying trajectories of their economic growth.

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  Power Ministry Asks Imported Coal-Based Plants To Run On Full Capacity

  The power ministry has directed all imported coal-based plants to run on full capacity amid the ongoing dry fuel shortage at thermal plants which is hampering electricity generation.

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  As Crisis Deepens, Government Sets Coal Import Targets: 10 Points

  Even as the country faces a severe energy crisis with 33 per cent of thermal power plants having 10 per cent or less of coal stock left and difficulties being faced in transporting it to them, the Power Ministry has set a target of importing 19 million tonnes of coal for utilities by June-end

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  Thermal Coal Imports Up 12.6% In 2019 Despite Government's Efforts To Cut Them

  India's thermal coal imports rose 12.6 per centto nearly 200 million tonnes in 2019, government data reviewed by Reuters showed, reflecting the second straight year of growth in shipments of the fuel despite attempts by the government to cut imports.

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  Coal Imports Rise In November After Three Months Of Decline

  Imports of thermal coal - used mainly for electricity generation - rose 12.3 per cent from a year ago to 17.65 million tonnes.

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  Thermal Coal Imports Fall For Third Month In A Row In October

  Imports of thermal coal - used mainly for electricity generation - fell 10.7 per cent to 15.62 million tonnes in October.

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  Asia Thermal Coal Sector To Remain Under Pressure Next Year: Fitch

  The depreciation of the Chinese yuan against the US dollar can also have a negative effect on import demand and seaborne prices in dollar terms.

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  India To Stop Thermal Coal Imports; Save Rs 40,000 Crore

  In view of rising production of the dry fuel, India plans to completely stop thermal coal imports in 2-3 years that would result in annual savings of Rs 40,000 crore, Union Minister Piyush Goyal today said.

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  Coal Imports May See First Drop in 5 Years on Output Jump

  The country's annual coal imports are set to fall for the first time in five years as domestic output surges under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's push to expand domestic mining and eventually stop thermal coal imports by 2017.

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  India's Coal Boom Halts Import Growth

  The thermal coal industry's hopes of Indian demand growth helping absorb global oversupply are being dashed by a jump in domestic production from the world's second largest importer.

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  Thermal Coal Imports at 12 Major Ports Jump 24% in Q1

  Thermal coal is used in power generation and with the world's largest miner Coal India, which accounts for over 80 per cent of the domestic requirement consistently failing to meet its target as well as demand of the firms, the power plants resort to imports.

• Thermal Coal Imports at 12 Major Ports Up 23% in Q1

  Import of thermal coal jumped 23 per cent to 24.08 million tonnes at 12 major ports in the first quarter of the fiscal year, even as the government continues to push for boosting domestic production of the fuel.