Contents

6 | COVER STORY

Coal in 2021: Regaining lost heat

Crystal ball gazing into the foreseeable future.

13 Seaborne thermal coal offers firm up in January

14 Seaborne coking coal offers rise in January

15 November coal imports down 6% on year

16 CIL’s coal production up 1.1% till December

17 SCCL’s coal production down 30% till December

18 | FEATURE

Budget 2021 wishlist

Industry bodies seek coal duties reduction.

19 FIMI questions future viability of commercial mines

21 | FEATURE

Single-window for coal block operations

Portal to facilitate mine plan approval.

23 Discom dues cross `1.3 lakh crore in November

25 A year of transition: Looking back at 2020

31 India’s cement production down 7% in November

32 December sponge iron output up 2.3% on month

Mitsui, Itochu plan coal mines exit

Japanese companies ask government to raise RE share.

34 US coal output estimated at 603 MMst in 2021

35 Traffic handled by major ports down 9% till December

36 Railways’ coal handling down 12% in April-December

37 Hydrogen Energy – towards zero emission

41 | CORPORATE

“Customer is now the king for Coal India”: Joshi

Coal minister chalks out roadmap

43 CESC to restructure distribution biz

44 Tangedco invites MDO to develop Chandrabila mine

46 Corporate update

48 Government update

50 E-auction data

52 Port Data