Disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic continued to impact cargo movement in India, with thermal coal imports at 12 major ports falling by 17.22 per cent year-on-year to 48.16 million tonnes (MT) in April-November, according to the ports’ body IPA.
Coking coal handling dropped by 14.71 per cent to 31.51 MT during the April-November period of the current fiscal.