India’s non-coking coal imports fall 11% y-o-y in Jan-Jul’26

India’s non-coking coal imports fell around 11% y-o-y to 89 million tonnes (mnt) during January-July 2026, according to BigMint data, as domestic coal continued to meet most of the increase in thermal power demand. July, however, marked the first y-o-y increase in India’s thermal coal imports in CY’26, with shipments rising nearly 2% to 12 mnt. The increase remained modest compared with the nearly 13% rise in coal-fired generation, suggesting that domestic coal continued to meet most of the additional thermal demand.