India’s leading power generation utility, NTPC Ltd, may directly import the coal it needs, instead of asking state-owned trading firms such as MMTC Ltd and State Trading Corp. of India Ltd. to import the fuel for it. For full story, click here
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Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Despite having a comfortable coal, the National Aluminium Company has decided to import coal to tide over its shortage in the wake of more coal demand for its 860 MW captive power plant here. For full story, click here
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Monday, May 25, 2009
State-run trading firm MMTC Ltd announced that it will import 12.5 million tonnes of coal this fiscal for the country’s leading power producer, NTPC. MMTC has invited bids for purchasing coal to meet the requirements of the power major. For full story, click here
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
India’s MMTC Ltd. announced that it has issued a tender for supply of 12.5 million tonnes of imported coal over a period of one year for various power plants of National Thermal Power Corp Ltd. For full story, click here
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Monday, May 11, 2009
China has boosted its imports of Australian coking coal fiftyfold in the first quarter. The increase in import comes as China’s domestic production was cut, potentially saving Queensland from a further round of mine closures. For full story, click here
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
The Power Ministry declared that it has enhanced the coal imports target of electricity generation units by about 15% to 28.7 million tonnes in 2009-10 to ensure that the utilities do not reel under any dry fuel shortage. For full story, click here
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Sail has access to captive reserves of iron ore but imports coking coal; high prices of this key input have pushed up the company’s raw material bill over the last couple of years. For full story, click here
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
NTPC Ltd, has switched to linking coal imports with global indices, from an earlier fixed-price system, so as to gain from falling prices, government and company officials said. For full story, click here
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Friday, August 29, 2008
The State Trading Corp of India Ltd floated an import tender for 8.25 million tonnes of coal for NTPC Ltd, a state-owned power generating company. For full story, click here For STC’s website, click here
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Thursday, August 14, 2008
The General Administration of Customs in China was quoted as saying: China should import more coal to help ease tight supplies that have triggered power shortages in many parts of the country. Click here for full story.
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