Krishnapatnam Oct coking coal imports drop m-o-m
12 Nov 2015
India Coal Market Watch
November 11: Imports of coking coal via Krishnapatnam Port were down 2.51% to 412,868 tons in October 2015 against a volume of 423,512 tons imported in September 2015, according to provisional data available with ICMW.
For first seven months (April-October) of the current fiscal (2015-16), coking coal imports through Krishnapatnam Port stood at 2,619,049 tons while 428,992 tons were imported in the same period of the previous fis,cal (2014-15).
The following table gives details of month-on-month coking coal imports through Krishnapatnam Port in 2015-16 and 2014-15:
Month |
2015-16 (in tons) |
2014-15 (in tons) |
April |
2,85,370 |
N.A |
May |
2,48,521 |
N.A |
June |
5,85,037 |
3,03,218 |
July |
3,41,200 |
N.A |
August |
3,22,541 |
N.A |
September |
4,23,512 |
N.A |
October |
4,12,868 |
1,25,774 |
November |
|
1,41,297 |
December |
|
64,880 |
January |
|
3,61,526 |
February |
|
1,12,633 |
March |
|
3,81,950 |
Total (Apr-Oct) |
26,19,049 |
4,28,992 |
Total (Apr-Oct) |
26,19,049 |
14,91,278* |
*Revised figures
In October, a volume of 223,366 tons came in from Australia at a price range of Rs 5,481-Rs 10,011 ($83-$149) per ton and 189,502 tons from Canada at Rs 5,769-Rs 6,443 ($87-$99) per ton.
In September, however, 3,022,201 tons came from Australia at a price range of Rs 5,078-Rs 7,198 ($78-$107) per ton while details of 121,291 tons were not available.
Following are details of coking coal imports via Krishnapatnam Port in October 2015:
COKING COAL IMPORT, KRISHNAPATNAM |
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Country Of Origin |
Date |
Item Description |
Unit Price (in Rs/Ton) |
Unit Price (in $/Ton) |
Quantity (in Tons) |
AUSTRALIA |
1-Oct-15 |
POITREL COKING COAL (COKING COAL) |
10,011 |
149 |
8,010 |
5-Oct-15 |
POITREL COAL (COKING COAL) |
5,481 |
83 |
400 |
|
5,481 |
83 |
4,000 |
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7-Oct-15 |
ILLAWARRA COKING COAL (COKING COAL) |
6,569 |
99 |
43,996 |
|
8-Oct-15 |
POITREL COAL (COKING COAL) |
5,485 |
83 |
3,300 |
|
10-Oct-15 |
PEAK DOWNS NORTH COKING COAL |
6,553 |
99 |
29,100 |
|
14-Oct-15 |
METROPOLITAN HARD COKING COAL |
7,102 |
107 |
15,000 |
|
7,102 |
107 |
4,620 |
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17-Oct-15 |
KESTREL 6.5% ASH COKING COAL (COKING COAL) |
6,289 |
96 |
14,000 |
|
6,289 |
96 |
7,000 |
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6,289 |
96 |
61,940 |
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21-Oct-15 |
CARBOROUGH DOWNS HARD COKING COAL (COKING COAL) |
6,103 |
93 |
22,000 |
|
30-Oct-15 |
PEAK DOWNS NORTH COKING COAL |
6,052 |
93 |
10,000 |
|
AUSTRALIA Total |
2,23,366 |
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CANADA |
8-Oct-15 |
TECK POLAR RIDGE COKING COAL |
5,769 |
87 |
44,903 |
5,769 |
87 |
7,000 |
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5,769 |
87 |
21,000 |
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14-Oct-15 |
TECK POLAR RIDGE COKING COAL |
5,769 |
87 |
14,000 |
|
16-Oct-15 |
TECK PREMIUM COKING COAL |
6,443 |
99 |
7,000 |
|
6,443 |
99 |
81,599 |
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6,443 |
99 |
14,000 |
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CANADA Total |
1,89,502 |
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COKING COAL Total |
4,12,868 |