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Thermal coal, coking coal shipments up in Q1FY24

Paradip port handled the highest thermal coal shipments at 12.8 mt, nearly 37 per cent of the total thermal coal coming into the country

India’s thermal coal imports increased by nearly 8 per cent y-o-y in Q1FY24 (April to June) to 34.6 million tonnes (mt), up from 32 mt in the year-ago period; while coking coal imports shot up by 9 per cent to 15 mt during the period, data compiled from the country’s major ports show.