CHENNAI: Operations of paper mills in the country are getting severely impacted due to lower coal allocation by Coal India and its subsidiaries and non-availability of adequate railway rakes for transportation of coal from mines to paper mills.
In a communication to the Union ministers of coal & mines and railways, the Indian Paper Manufacturers Association (IPMA), apex body for the industry, stated that paper mills are facing rapidly dwindling coal stocks.
“In view of the continuing coal shortage and non-availability of adequate railway rakes, paper mills in India are finding it extremely hard to source adequate and un-interrupted thermal coal supplies as feedstock for their captive power plants and are facing rapidly dwindling coal stocks available with them. As a result, operations of paper mills across the country are getting severely impacted”, stated A S Mehta, president of IPMA.
