Coping with Corona

Contents

6 | COVER STORY Coping with Corona: How coal and power sector rise to the challenge

Mining and power generation continued as essential services. Yet, these sectors have been impacted in may ways.

17 Impact of Covid-19 on Indian power sector

20 | INTERVIEW “This fiscal, CIL is in a position to substitute nearly 100 mt of imports”

Coal India director marketing Satyendra Nath Tiwari talks about various steps being taken to replace imports and ease supplies.

21 Thermal coal offers decline in April

22 Seaborne coking coal offers plummet in April

23 CIL clocks record production despite corona outbreak

24 India’s February coal imports up 14% y-o-y

25 SCCL’s production flat at 64 mt in FY20

26 Post Covid-19 avoid coal mine auction: KPMG

28 | Feature Cost of RE in India half of imported coal-fired electricity: IEEFA

Solar tender tariff touches near record low price of `2.55/kWh, up to 30% cheaper than thermal power.

32 Gencos, Discoms suffer mounting losses, spiralling dues as demand dries up

34 March sponge iron production down 15.4% on year

35 Cement makers keen to resume operations

36 Cement production in February up at 30.96 mt

37 | FEATURE Draft Electricity Amendment Bill plans contract enforcement body

New rules draw mixed responses from industry players.

39 Growing concerns over EU carbon tax

41 US Coal output estimated at 537 MMst in 2020

42 | INTERNATIONAL Aussie mining maybe slow to restart

Lag time for consumables, rigid work rules hurting revival.

44 Traffic handled by major ports up 1% in FY20

45 Indian Railway’s coal handling down 1% in FY20

46 Logistics interview: Saigal Seatrade GM, commercial, Yezdi Roowalla

48 NTPC switches on 5.3GW capacities in FY20

49 Coal India: despatches decline even as production ramps up

51 Aluminium makers move towards coal security

52 Corporate Update

54 Government Update

56 E-auction data

57 Port data