Contents

6 | COVER STORY

Commercial Coal Mine Auction: Dawn of A New Era

The event marked country’s transition to a liberalised coal sector

12 | COVER INTERVIEW

“It’s unlikely that government relied on global participation.”

Dr. Rahul Tongia, Senior Fellow at CSEP discusses impact of coal mine auction.

14 Seaborne thermal coal offers firm up in November

15 Seaborne coking coal offers fall in November

16 India’s September coal imports up 12% on year

17 CIL’s coal production up 1% till October

18 SCCL’s coal production down 38% till October

19 | FEATURE

Coal Ministry seeks advice for coal trading platform

Consultant to provide assistance in detailed study on the current state of the coal sector.

21 India to lead renewable energy surge in 2021: IEA

24 No power capacity addition in September

26 Power producers ask FM for financial support to revive sector

27 October sponge iron production down 3%

30 | INTERNATIONAL

Troubled Eskom to ‘repurpose’ old thermal plants

South Africa’s power major plans to move away from coal.

34 Peabody Energy fears bankruptcy due to fall in India imports, US demand

36 US coal production estimated at 627 MMst in 2021

37 Traffic handled by major ports down 12% till October

38 Railways’ coal handling down 14% in April-October

39 Inteview of Navrattan Green Cements chairman Himansh Verma

42 | CORPORATE

Coal India eyes 58 mt additional output in FY21

Signs Memorandum of Understanding with coal ministry.

44 Slowdown in power sector drives BHEL to loss

45 Coal India Q2 net profit falls 12% on higher OBR, low auction premium

48 Coke sourcing key driver for Tata Metaliks merger with Tata Steel Long Products

50 NTPC to have 25% of its capacity based on renewable by 2030

51 NTPC to have 25% of its capacity based on renewable by 2030

54 Corporate Update

56 Government Update

58 E-auction data