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India's coal import drops 19% to 116.8 mn tonnes during Apr-Oct this fiscal

Of the total import in October 2020, non-coking coal was at 14.46 MT. In October 2019, the import was 13.57 MT

Coal import drops 35% in Aug on low demand from power, cement sector

Of the total imports in August, non-coking coal''s shipment was at 8.87 MT and coking coal at 2.18 MT

India's coal imports decline 29.7% to 48.84 MT in April-June of FY21

The drop in imports assumes significance in the wake of government mandating state-owned Coal India Ltd to replace at least 100 million tonne of imports with domestically-produced coal in 2020-2021

17 independent power producers to forgo imported coal for domestic supply

Adani Power, GMR Energy, Avantha Power, Lalitpur Power, and Vedanta are some of the private companies that have applied for the 'import substitution' scheme of the Centre

Centre changes track to focus on coal contracts, instead of buying mines

Earlier it was planning to buy mines; now, it will try to freeze contracts at competitive prices

India, world's No. 2 coal buyer, plans to cut imports by a third in 5 years

Imports are seen falling to below 150 million tonnes by the year ending March 2024, down from 235.2 million tonnes India got from overseas in the last fiscal year.

India expected to import 180-185 mn tonnes of coal in 2019: WoodMac

WoodMac previously said India's thermal coal imports grew at their fastest pace since 2014 to 164 million tonnes in 2018

India a bright spot for US coal miners struggling to get buyers at home

Last year, India imported 7.54 million tons of US thermal coal -- which is burned by power plants -- and 3.92 million tons of metallurgical coal, which is used in steelmaking