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Friday, 28 June 24
INDIAN POWER STATIONS STOCKED WITH BUMPER COAL SUPPLY AS TRANSPORT WOES EASE - BUSINESS STANDARD
Even as power demand has touched a historic high of 250 gigawatts (Gw) amid sweltering heat this June, India’s power stations are stocked with bumper supply of coal — 25 per cent higher than last year and a massive 71 per cent more than in 2022, when the sector faced a domestic coal shortage. The national average coal stock with thermal power units stands at a comfortable 16 days at present.
While the domestic production of coal during these summer months has grown 8-10 per cent over last year, easing of transportation bottlenecks has been the real catalyst of change. Imported coal currently accounts for 9-10 per cent of the total national coal stock.
According to senior coal ministry officials, the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC), finally operationalised in October 2023, is among the major drivers of improved coal supply. “The rake movement on the EDFC route has become three times faster. The congestion that originated from Mughalsarai-Sonnagar and continued till Delhi-Punjab has eased significantly because of EDFC,” said a senior official.
The average coal stock position at the 20 thermal power plants that fall in or around the EDFC route is 25 days. Some of them have as high as 36 days of stock, according to railways data.
The 1,300-km EDFC, which was operational in parts, has been seamlessly connected between Ludhiana in Punjab and Sonnagar in Bihar. While the corridor does not connect directly to the coal-rich areas, it allows the Indian Railways to ensure smooth movement on its mixed-use tracks for passenger and other freight services by shifting the coal traffic on EDFC lines.
According to Indian Railways officials, the completion of the EDFC has helped the Railways deliver more coal to power houses in Uttar Pradesh, which typically are among the highest consumers in the country.
The state is currently leading with a demand of 28 Gw, more than even the more industrial states.
In May, coal volumes on Indian Railways rose 9 per cent to 72 million tonnes. The Dhanbad division of the Indian Railways is among those primarily responsible for evacuating coal to power houses falling on the EDFC. Coal loading from the Dhanbad division in 2023-24 was 188 million tonnes. According to an executive, loading increased by 10 per cent in May, when nationwide heat waves caused a surge in demand. So far in 2023-24, the division has loaded 44 million tonnes, which is nearly 6 per cent higher than the previous year.
“On average, DFCC is running 12 long-haul rakes every day. The number goes up to 15+ during peak demand time,” the executive said, adding that 20 long-haul rakes were moved through EDFC on June 24. A long-haul rake can carry double the volumes of a regular rake.
In the coal-bearing states of Odisha, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, the Railways and Coal India Ltd (CIL) have increased rail lines to decongest the network and provide seamless transport of coal from the eastern region to other parts of the country. “There were only two railway lines between Bilaspur and Jharsuguda. Now there are four. In Bilaspur, two lines used to cross each other – Howrah-Mumbai and Bilaspur-Katni. So, there we have constructed a ‘rail over rail’ (RoR) system. This has reduced delays on railway crossing,” said an official.
Another decongestion in the coal supply chain is the operationalisation of close to 35 first-mile connectivity (FMC) projects which have mechanised coal loading from the mine to railway siding. Officials said this had brought down the coal loading time to 45 minutes from 3-4 hours earlier.
According to the central government, coastal shipping of coal has also increased. Overall thermal coal volumes (both coastal and imported) for non-major ports have risen 20 per cent in 2024-25 to 9.4 million tonnes, while those for central government-owned ports have fallen 4 per cent to 20 million tonnes.
Source: Business Standard
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Thursday, 24 October 19
PANAMAX: NEGATIVE SENTIMENT IN THE MARKET AS IT CONTINUES TO WEAKEN - FEARNLEYS
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The market has continued to slide the last week, as lack of fresh requirements and a slight oversupply of tonnage heading towards Sout ...
Wednesday, 23 October 19
CHINA'S 2019 COAL IMPORTS SET TO RISE MORE THAN 10%: ANALYSTS - REUTERS
China, the world’s top coal buyer, is on track to boost imports of the fuel by more than 10% this year, traders and analysts said on Tuesday, ...
Wednesday, 23 October 19
SHIPPING MARKET INSIGHT - INTERMODAL
Moving closer to the end of the year, we are facing what the market was expecting for quite a while, the ship repair sector booming with the shipya ...
Tuesday, 22 October 19
DRY BULK: DESPITE THE DOWNWARD CORRECTION NOTED OVER THE PAST MONTH, RATES ARE STILL HOLDING OFF AT FAVORABLE LEVELS - ALLIED SHIPPING
Despite the downward correction that has been noted in the dry bulk market over the past month, rates are still holding off at favorable levels. Ev ...
Monday, 21 October 19
SHIPPERS CHANGE COURSE AS FUEL RULES TARGET SULPHUR EMISSIONS - WOOD MACKENZIE
The International Maritime Organization (IMO), the industry’s regulator, will require all ships to reduce the level of sulphur in their engin ...
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- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- PTC India Limited - India
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- Minerals Council of Australia
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- White Energy Company Limited
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- The University of Queensland
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Australian Coal Association
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Planning Commission, India
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
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