India’s coal imports – May 2023

India’s domestic coal production increased 7.10% year-on-year to 76.14 million tonnes in May. With India’s energy demand surging to a new high and the power ministry projecting the peak at 230 gigawatts (GW) for the coming months, the government on June 12 extended its direction to run imported coal-based (ICB) plants by at least three more months. Total pithead plus power plant stocks today equal a month’s power plant coal burn. Stocks are at a precariously low level despite record coal production and import levels. The data, however, doesn’t reveal what Calorific value of coal being produced or imported which […]