APMDC Suliyari Coal Upcoming MP MSME auction 1,05,000 MT @SBP INR 2730 on 1st May 2024 & PAN INDIA MSME on 2ND May 2024 2,00,000MT@ SBP 2730.

Login Register Contact Us
Welcome to Linkage e-Auctions Welcome to Coal Trading Portal

Coal news and updates

Kolkata Feb met coke imports edge up 4% m-o-m

18 Mar 2015

March 18: Met coke imports through the port of Kolkata edged up 3.68% to 68,709 tons in February 2015 against 66,271 tons in January 2015, according to provisional data available with ICMW.

Met coke imports in February 2014 were at 64,714 tons.

Imports of the material for the first 11 months of the current fiscal of 2014-15 were thus at 512,944 tons against 459,219 tons recorded for the same period in the previous fiscal.

Total met coke imports via Kolkata Port stood at 510,327 tons for the full financial year of 2013.

Following are the details of met coke imports via Kolkata Port in 2013-14 and 2014-15:

Month

2013-14 (in tons)

2014-15 (in tons)

April

61,119

74,380

May

49,216

58,779

June

30,628

65,655

July

40,678

14,479

August

110,718

46,096

September

17,346

33,737

October

23,953

18,858

November

17,727

28,390

December

22,122

37,590

January

20,998

66,271

February

64,714

68,709

March

51,108

 

Total

510,327

512,944

In February 2015, 19,980 tons arrived from Australia at a unit price of Rs 12,500 ($199) per ton, 41,229 tons came in from China in a price range of Rs 11,446 – Rs 12,348 ($183-197) per ton while the balance 7,500 tons came in from Russia in a price range of Rs 13,561 – Rs 13,637 ($216-217) per ton.

In January 2015, imports consisted of 43,008 tons from China in a range of Rs 11,280 – Rs 13,220 ($177-207) per ton and 23,263 tons from Australia in a range of Rs 12,400 – Rs 14,064 ($199-220) per ton.