Coal India (CIL) may not need to import the entire 6 million tonne kept on tap and has so far placed schedules for delivery of only 2.83 lakh tonne from overseas.
On the basis of indents and advance made by state gencos and independent power producers (IIPs), CIL has placed delivery schedule of 2.83 lakh tonne of coal from Indonesia, for which Bara Daya Energi Consortium has been given the contract. Of the 2.83 lakh tonne, three vessels carrying a total of 2.13 lakh tonne have already reached Indian shores and another vessel carrying 70,000 tonne is in transit. The ship in transit is expected to reach the port of destination by the end of this month, CIL CMD Pramod Agrawal said, adding that the port of destination would be an eastern coastal port.
