Russian imports more than doubled to
1.1 mt as companies were able to book larger quantities at lower rates
India’s coking
coal imports rose 6 per cent year-on-year to 28 million tonnes (mt) in the
April–October period of this fiscal, against 26.5 mt a year-ago.
Supplies from Russia jumped
over 100 per cent to 1.1 mt during the seven-month period, data from trade
sources and the Ministry of Steel show. Russian coking coal imports stood at
0.53 mt in the corresponding period last fiscal. Despite the rise, the country
remained the fifth largest supplier of coal, behind Australia, the US, Canada
and Moza