Mundra Port’s Oct coking coal imports double m-o-m
20 Nov 2015
India Coal Market Watch
November 19: Coking coal imports through the port of Mundra shot up 109.20% to 91,000 tons in October 2015 from 43,500 tons seen in September 2015, as per provisional information available with ICMW.
In October 2014, coking coal imports via Mundra had stood at 64,982 tons.
For the first seven (April-October) of the current fiscal (2015-16), coking coal imports through Mundra Port increased a marginal 4.43% to 589,554 tons against 554,566 tons imported in the same period of the previous fiscal.
Following is the monthly break-up of coking coal imports via Mundra Port in 2015-16 and 2014-15 (in tons):
Month |
2015-16 |
2014-15 |
April |
117,604 |
43,000 |
May |
163,637 |
45,000 |
June |
42,984 |
226,447 |
July |
60,350 |
67,528 |
August |
70,479 |
40,403 |
September |
43,500 |
77,206 |
October |
91,000 |
64,982 |
November |
202,586 |
|
December |
40,825 |
|
January |
79,101 |
|
February |
203,793 |
|
March |
25,000 |
|
Total (Apr-Oct) |
589,554 |
564,566 |
Total (Apr-Mar) |
589,554 |
1,115,871 |
Following table gives details of imports of coking coal via Mundra Port in October 2015:
COKING COAL IMPORT, MUNDRA |
|||||
Country Of Origin |
Date |
Item Description |
Unit Price (in Rs/Ton) |
Unit Price (in $/Ton) |
Quantity |
AUSTRALIA |
1-Oct-15 |
CARBOROUGH DOWNS HARD COKING COAL |
6,018 |
90 |
5,000 |
5-Oct-15 |
PEAK DOWNS COKING COAL |
6,749 |
102 |
5,000 |
|
14-Oct-15 |
CARBOROUGH DOWNS HARD COKING COAL |
5,937 |
90 |
5,000 |
|
GREGORY COKING COAL |
6,026 |
91 |
16,000 |
||
6,026 |
91 |
1,000 |
|||
PEAK DOWNS COKING COAL |
6,749 |
102 |
5,000 |
||
16-Oct-15 |
CARBOROUGH DOWNS HARD COKING COAL |
5,865 |
90 |
5,000 |
|
PEAK DOWNS COKING COAL |
6,667 |
102 |
5,000 |
||
20-Oct-15 |
GOONYELLA COKING COAL |
6,687 |
102 |
14,000 |
|
6,687 |
102 |
1,000 |
|||
PEAK DOWNS COKING COAL |
6,667 |
102 |
5,000 |
||
27-Oct-15 |
CARBOROUGH DOWNS HARD COKING COAL |
5,865 |
90 |
5,000 |
|
AUSTRALIA Total |
72,000 |
||||
MOZAMBIQUE |
1-Oct-15 |
MOATIZE TYPICAL HARD COKING COAL |
6,358 |
95 |
4,000 |
8-Oct-15 |
MOATIZE SEMI SOFT COKING COAL |
4,420 |
67 |
7,500 |
|
27-Oct-15 |
MOATIZE SEMI SOFT COKING COAL |
4,367 |
67 |
7,500 |
|
MOZAMBIQUE Total |
19,000 |
||||
COKING COAL Total |
91,000 |
In October 2015, a volume of 72,000 tons of the material came in from Australia at a price range of Rs 5,865-Rs 6,749 ($90-$102) per ton and 19,000 tons from Mozambique at a price range of Rs 4,320-Rs 6,358 ($67-$95) per ton.
In September, 28,500 tons of coking coal had come in from Australia at a price range of Rs 6,840-Rs 9,823 ($102-$146) per ton and 1,500 tons from Mozambique at a range of Rs 6,300-Rs 6,358 ($95) per ton.