India’s top 12 major ports reported a 19.32% surge in imports of thermal coal to 28.28 million tonnes during April-June this year, latest report from the Indian Ports Association (IPA) had said. The Centre-owned ports had handled 23.70 million tonnes (MT) of the thermal coal in the corresponding period of the previous financial year.
The IPA, which maintains the cargo data handled by these 12 ports, in its recent report had said that the “percentage variation from previous year” in thermal coal handling was at 19.32% in the first three months of the current fiscal. Thermal coal is the mainstay of India’s energy programme.