Contents

6 | COVER STORY

Demand-supply dynamics to keep imports at bay

A critical look at factors that will keep shipments low in coming days

14 Thermal coal offers remain range bound in August

15 Seabor ne coking coal offers fall in August

16 India’s June coal imports down 36% on year

17 CIL’s coal production down 3% in July

18 SCCL ’s coal production down 44.6% in July

19 Coal mMinistry okays CIL plan for 100% supply to thermal units

20 | FEATURE

Commercial coal block auction delayed

Mine list to shrink further on growing concerns for ecological impact.

22 India consum ption supporting global met coal demand

24 Tangedco to shift supplies from MCL to SCCL

26 Cross-subsidy prevents Railways from offering discounts to CIL

29 | FEATURE

Coal India to appoint global sampling agency

Sample testing costs to be divided on 50:50 basis

34 | FEATURE

NTPC eyes 15 mt coal output in FY21

Work on Kerandiri and Chatti Bariatu to begin soon

36 P ower capacity addition in June at 270 MW

37 India’s cement production dow n 38% in Q1

38 July sponge iron production down 6.8% on month

39 Coal-fired power generation at 4-year low

42 | INTERNATIONAL

BHP to exit thermal coal on low returns, sticks to coking

Global mining major has decided to exit thermal coal while staying with coking coal

44 Global coal-fired power drops 8% in H1 as renewable gains

47 US coal production estimated at 502MMst in 2020

48 Traffic handled by major ports down 18% till July

49 Indian R ailways’ coal handling down 26% in April-July

50 Coal gasification: Impact of government initiative

54 Tata Steel eyes replacing coking with thermal coal

56 T ata Power focuses on consumer RE biz

58 Corporate Update

60 Government Update

62 E-auction