India’s coal import rises by 15% in December

The country’s coal import rose by 15.1% to 23.63 million tonnes (MT) in December 2020 compared to 20.52 MT in the year-ago month.

Non-coking coal imports were at 15.63 MT in December this fiscal against 14.21 MT in the same month last fiscal. Coking coal imports were at 5.36 MT against 4.47 MT in December 2019-20, according to provisional data compiled by mjunction services.

However, the country’s coal import dropped by 13.5% to 160.79 MT in the April-December period of the ongoing fiscal compared to 185.88 MT in the same period last fiscal.