New Mangalore FY16 coking coal imports down 85%
21 Apr 2016
Imports of coking coal via New Mangalore Port was sharply down 85.02% to 121,659 tons in fiscal 2015-16 against 812,391 tons in 2014-15, according to provisional data available with ICMW.
On the other hand, there have been no coking coal imports via New Mangalore Port for the last seven consecutive months. The last time coking coal was imported via this port was in August 2015.
Following is the monthly break-up of coking coal imports via New Mangalore Port in 2015-16 and 2014-15 (in tons):
Month |
2015-16 |
2014-15 |
April |
54769 |
45,979 |
May |
14,000 |
40,357 |
June |
21,000 |
52,314 |
July |
17,890 |
25,000 |
August |
14,000 |
61,470 |
September |
|
152,303 |
October |
|
98,113 |
November |
|
122,691 |
December |
|
49,857 |
January |
|
94,130 |
February |
|
5,162 |
March |
|
65,015 |
Total (Apr-Mar) |
121,659 |
812,391 |
During August 2015, the entire material had come from Australia at a price of Rs 6,391 ($97) per ton.