Steel Minister Ram Chandra Prasad Singh met the Mongolian parliamentary delegation led by Gombojav Zandanshatar, chairman of State Great Khural of Mongolia (Parliament of Mongolia), here on Wednesday.
Union Steel Minister Ram Chandra Prasad Singh has met a delegation of Mongolian Parliamentary and discussed the possibility of importing good-quality coking coal from the land-locked nation.
The Mongolian Parliamentary Delegation is on a seven-day visit to India from November 30, 2021, on the invitation of the Parliament of India, the Ministry of Steel said in a statement on Thursday.
Steel Minister Ram Chandra Prasad Singh met the Mongolian parliamentary delegation led by Gombojav Zandanshatar, chairman of State Great Khural of Mongolia (Parliament of Mongolia), here on Wednesday.
The delegation and the steel minister discussed the possibility of importing good-quality coking coal from Mongolia, it said.
“Both sides expressed their keenness to develop Mongolia as a reliable source of quality coking coal at a competitive price.
“This could be an important step for the Indian steel sector towards possibilities of raw material securitisation and price stability, in times of rising coking coal prices and creating alternative sources for this important raw material, overcoming supply constraints,” the ministry said.