India’s Metallurgical Coal Imports in FY’26

Metallurgical coal demand is projected to increase from around 73 million tonnes (mnt) in FY’26 to 118-120 mnt by FY’30, according to BigMint’s projections. Coking coal is expected to account for about 94 mnt of this demand, while pulverised coal injection (PCI) demand could reach around 24 mnt. The increase will be driven mainly by capacity additions on the blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) route, which will raise both coke and coking coal requirements.