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India’s imported coal stocks at 9 ports up w-o-w

April 28: India’s imported coal stocks at nine ports – eight major and one private –increased 1.33% in the week ended April 24, compared to the previous week as coal stocks at various ports increased 1.30%, according to provisional data available with ICMW.

India’s imported coal stocks as on April 24 stood at 8.313 million tons (mt) against a volume of 8.204 mt recorded on April 17.

On April 24, coal stocks at Paradip Port stood at 2.941 mt, up from 2.856 mt recorded on April 17. Of the total coal stocks at the port on April 24, shares of steam coal and coking coal stood at 1.408 mt and 1.533 mt respectively from 1.489 mt and 1.367 mt recorded as on April 17.

Imported coal stocks at Mundra and Vizag ports stood at their previous level of 0.500 mt and 1.500 mt respectively.

Imported coal inventories at Kolkata Port rose slightly as on April 24 to 0.820 mt against a volume of 0.805 mt on April 17. Of the total coal stocks at the port share of non-coking coal at the port stood at 0.545 mt as on April 24 from 0.525 mt while the share of coking coal at the port stood at 0.275 mt as on April 24, down from 0.280 mt as on April 17.

The following table gives break-up of port-wise imported coal stocks at ports: (in million tons):