India’s non-coking coal production (Jan’24-Aug’25)

India’s coal production surged 8.5% m-o-m to 50.4 mnt, with dispatches up 6% m-o-m. However, production and dispatches are still marginally lower y-o-y. Sufficient stocks of over 20 days at power plants despite monsoon disruption to coal mining and transportation kept demand for imported coal on a tight leash. The coal stock at domestic coal-based thermal power plants as on 31 August was 47.45 mnt as compared to 37.19 mnt in the same period last year with a growth of 27.59%. At the level of actual consumption, this stock is sufficient for 22 days.