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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, 21 December 17
SUPRAMAX: IN THE MOST CHANCE, DO NOT EXPECT ANY DRAMATIC CHANGES IN THE NEAR FUTURE - FEARNLEYS
Supramax
Market reducing speed. Rates are dropping further for supras outbound USG on fronth, bkhaul is more stable i.e $25k/22k respectively say ...
Wednesday, 20 December 17
INDONESIAN HBA FELL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SIX MONTHS, GOVERNMENT DATA SHOWS
COALspot.com: HBA fell 0.80 per cent in December, marking the first fall for the Indonesian Coal Price Reference ( HBA) since June 2017, the latest ...
Monday, 18 December 17
U.S. COAL EXPORTS FOR THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF 2017 WERE 69 MMST; UP 68% M/M - EIA
COALspot.com – U.S., the world’s second largest coal producers have produced approximately totalled an estimated 15.5 million sho ...
Thursday, 14 December 17
SUPRAMAX: INDO COAL TO CHINA AROUND LOW $10K DELIVERY SINGAPORE
Supramax
Atlantic basin kept its firm pace with charters still busy with covering pre-holiday requirements. Ultras got close to $20k for ordinary ...
Wednesday, 13 December 17
REFINED COAL HAS MADE UP NEARLY ONE-FIFTH OF COAL-FIRED POWER GENERATION SO FAR IN 2017 - EIA
The U.S. power sector consumption of coal is increasingly shifting to refined coal, even as coal-fired electricity generation decreases. Use of ref ...
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- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- White Energy Company Limited
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- PTC India Limited - India
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- The University of Queensland
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Australian Coal Association
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Planning Commission, India
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- Minerals Council of Australia
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
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