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India’s imported coal stocks at 9 ports edge up w-o-w

October 13: India's imported coal stocks at nine ports – eight major and one private – increased slightly to 6.468 million tons (mt) (excluding Vizag) compared to 6.417 mt (excluding Vizag) as on October 10, according to provisional data available with ICMW.

The overall inventories of imported coal at Indian ports during the week ended October 10 increased slightly as stocks rose marginally at two major ports - Paradip and Kolkata and one private port – Mundra, on a week-on week basis while that at three other major ports, Vizag, Kandla and V O Chidambaranar, remained at their previous levels.

At two other major ports - Mumbai and Mormugao - inventories dropped on a week-on week basis.

During the week ended October 10, imported coal stocks at the port of Paradip increased slightly to 2.365 mt against a volume of 2.363 mt on October 3. Of the total coal stocks at the port recorded during the week, steam coal’s share was at 1.092 mt and that of coking coal’s was at 1.325 mt against a volume of 1.092 mt and 1.271 mt respectively seen in the previous week (October3).

After declining for four consecutive weeks, imported coal stocks at Mundra Port rose slightly to 0.871 mt as on October 10 against 0.863 mt as on October 3. During the week under review, stocks of imported steam coal at the port stood at 0.675 mt against a volume of 0.655 mt seen last week while coking coal was at 0.196 mt against 0.208 mt recorded last week. 

Inventories of imported coal at the port of Kolkata as on October 10 increased around 12% to 0.560 mt against a volume of 0.498 mt as on October 3. As on October 10, the port’s imported steam coal inventories stood at 0.307 mt against 0.239 mt in the previous week while coking coal stocks of the port stood at 0.253 mt, down from 0.259 mt in the previous week.

The coal stock position at Vizag Port could not be obtained for the week because of the tropical cyclone that hit the port on October 12. The stock position at the port will be updated next week. Last week, the port had nearly 1 mt of coal stocks. Out of the total coal stocks, steam coal stood at 0.65 mt and coking coal at to 0.35 mt.

The following table gives break-up of port-wise imported coal stocks on a week-on-week basis (in million tons):

* In the story, coal stocks data as on October 3 has been excluded for the purpose of calculation.
** As on October 7 instead of October 3, 2014.
*** The coal stock position of Vizag Port could not be obtained for the week because of the tropical cyclone that hit the port on October 12. The same would be updated in next week.