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.

The country had imported 12.51 MT of coal in the corresponding month a year ago, according to (revised) data compiled by mjunction services.

mjunction — a joint venture between Tata Steel and SAIL — is a B2B e-commerce company and also publishes research reports on coal and steel verticals.

“Imports in June 2021 stood at around 18.77 million tonnes (MT)…However, coal

imports in June 2021 were up by 50.05 per cent over June 2020 when imports plunged to 12.51 MT,” it said.