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Mundra steam coal imports down 40% in Feb m-o-m

March 31: Non-coking coal imports through the port of Mundra stood at 11,23,561 tons in February 2015, down  39.57 % from 18,59,338 tons recorded in the previous month, as per provisional information available with ICMW.

In February 2014, non-coking coal imports via the port stood at 1,680,164 tons.

In February 2015, out of entire import volume of 1,123,561 tons of non-coking coal imported via Mundra Port, 500 tons came from Australia at a price of Rs 4,646/ton ($74/ton), 1,048,061 tons came from Indonesia at various prices and 75,000 tons at price of Rs 5,059/ton ($81/ton).

In January 2015, out of the entire import volume of 1,859,338 tons, 43,000 tons came from Canada at a price of Rs 6339/ton ($102/ton), 1,496,494 tons came from Indonesia at various prices, 195,121 tons came from South Africa at various prices and 184,723 tons from the US at various prices.

Following is the monthly break-up of non-coking coal imports via Mundra Port in 2014-15 and 2013-14 (in tons):