India’s Coking Coal Weekly Imports jump by 91%

During the week ended on 19 Apr, 2014 total Coking Coal imports in India rise by 91% regarding previous week.

India has imported around 1.2 MnT Coking Coal at the end of Week 16. India’s total weekly import comprises of 25% Coking Coal, comes from different destination. Total imported quantity has increased from 0.61 MnT of preceding week assessed by SteelMint.

Australia, a major supplier of Coking Coal, supplied around 0.93 MnT and registered a growth of 89% against the previous week.

India has imported total quantity from Australia, South Africa, USA & Mozambique. Out of the weekly imports, India has import about 0.09 MnT from South Africa at Hazira port and around 0.08 MnT from USA at Paradip & Haldia port.

As per the consideration of 33 major & minor Indian ports, Paradip has imported highest quantity i.e. around 0.2 MnT of Coal. The second highest quantity port was Dhamra, imported around 0.19 MnT of Australian Coking Coal, the whole quantity belongs to Tata Steel.

SAIL, Tata & Essar are the major importers of Coking Coal at the end of week 16 and imported around 0.25 MnT, 0.22 MnT & 0.17 MnT respectively. JSW Steel has imported around 0.14 MnT Coal from Australia & Mozambique at Mormugao port.

The ports considered are: Dahej, Mormugao, Navlakhi, Mundra, Mumbai, New Mangalore, Hazira, Kandla, Bedi, Porbander, Dahanu, Dharmatar PnP, Dharamtar Ispat, Tuticorin, Jaigarh, Dighi, Revdanda, Magdalla, Pipavav GPPL, UTCL- Pipavav, Sanghi, Sikka, Okha, Muldwarka, Dhamra, Ennore, Gangavaram, Haldia, Krishnapatnam, Kakinada, Paradip, Vizag & Karaikal.