“Private sector’s prospect in coal mining very promising”

6 | COVER STORY

“Private sector’s prospect in coal mining very promising”

Pralhad Joshi, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines shares his plans for the coal sector in an exclusive interview.

20 Seaborne thermal coal offers firm up in October

21 Seaborne coking coal offers fall in October

22 India’s August coal imports down 18% on year

23 CIL coal production, offtake rebound in September

24 SCCL’s coal production down 40.6% in H1

25 | FEATURE

Discom dues touch Rs 1.2 lakh crore

Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra suffer most.

27 Power sector on fast-track recovery

30 No power capacity addition in August

31 Cement production down 14.6% in August

34 Power cos sign MoU for FY21

35 | FEATURE

NTPC may put 7.4GW of preconstruction capacity on hold: IEEFA

The power producer to focus more on RE, the noted US-based energy research agency said.

37 | INTERNATIONAL

Thermal coal prices are expected to rise in 2021: Aussie report

Longer-term trends will constrain the extent of the rise.

41 India to drive future energy demand: IEA

44 Major Aussie coking coal project goes underway

45 China sends confusing signals on Aussie coal imports

47 US coal production output at 525 MMst in 2020

48 Traffic handled by major ports down 14% till September

49 Indian Railways’ coal handling down 18% in April-September

50 Coal slurry transport to power houses a present necessity

53 | CORPORATE

Coal India arms may get pricing freedom

Competition will lead to reduction in power prices.

54 Corporate Update

56 Government Update

58 E-auction data

60 Port Data