Coal imports increase 2.2% to 111.2 million tonnes in April-August

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In value terms, the price of overall imported coal during April-August 2024-25 was Rs 120,532.21 crore.Despite a growth of 4.97 per cent in coal-based power generation from April to September 2024 compared to the same period last year, imports for blending purposes decreased to 9.79 MT compared to last year which was 10.70 MT indicating a decline of 8.5 per cent during the same period.

Coal imports rose by 2.2 per cent to 111.20 million tonnes in the April-August period of the current fiscal compared to 108.81 million tonnes in the year-ago period, an official release said on Tuesday.

However, the non-regulated sector saw a 10.3 per cent drop during the April-August period as compared to the same period of last year, the coal ministry said in the release.