Contents

6 | COVER STORY

Coal blocks auction: Push for Ease of Doing Mining

Government goes for commercial mine auction at a challenging time with a promise to overhaul clearance bureaucracy.

15 Thermal coal offers mostly flat in May

16 Seaborne coking coal offers remain volatile in June

17 CIL’s coal production down 11.3% in May

18 India’s April coal imports down 35% y-o-y

19 Coal India Q4 profit down 23%

20 SCCL’s coal production plunges 45% in May

21 | FEATURE

Short-term post-Covid energy strategy may raise emissions: BP

Post-Covid world needs decisive changes to move to a more sustainable path, says BP in its latest Statistical Review of World Energy.

22 | FEATURE

Falling PLF, rising renewable make retiring old plants viable: report

Low capacity utilization, ambitious renewable energy targets makes economic sense to retire old coal plants.

24 Coal Reserve of 7.77 billion tons added in FY20: CMPDI

26 Restarting stranded power plants to spur economies: IEA

29 Power demand declines in May as lockdown continues

31 Electricity (Amendment) Bill won’t weaken state regulators: Power Minister

34 No power capacity addition in April

35 India’s cement production in A pril plunges to 4 mt

36 May sponge iron production down 55% y-o-y , up m-o-m

37 Methodology for rationalization of linkages/ swapping approved

38 China plans 41 GW coalfired power capacity

40 US coal production seen at 530MMst in 2020

41 Traffic handled by major ports down 22%till May

42 Indian R ailways’ coal handling down 32.5% till May

43 | INTERNATIONAL

Perils of sending high cash coal to distant power plants

Former Coal India chairman NC Jha discusses recent amendments to environmental norms by the government

48 NTPC defers Rs 2,000 crore charges on Discoms

49 | CORPORATE

Coal India eyes mines for MDO route

15 mines with 168 mtpa capacity including 3 underground mines selected

50 Ambuja Cement eyes 20% of coal need from Gare Palma by 2021

52 Corporate Update

54 Gover nment Update

56 E auction data