SAIL expects four coking coal ships of 75,000 tonnes each from Russia

Steel Authority of India is expecting four ships of coking coal from Russia in the September quarter, each with a capacity of 75,000 tonnes, Chairman Amarendu Prakash told reporters on Thursday.

“We had four ships in the first quarter (April-June) and similarly we are expecting four such shipments in the quarter that ends in September,” Prakash said.

The country’s largest state-owned steel producer also said the company was working on doubling coking coal production capacity in International Coal Ventures Private Limited (ICVL) at Mozambique.