India’s Coal Import Rises 5 % to 52 MT in Apr-May

NEW DELHI: India’s coal import rose 5.3 per cent to 52.29 million tonnes (MT) in the first two months of the ongoing fiscal as against the year-ago period.

The country’s coal import was 49.62 MT in April and May in FY24, according to data compiled by mjunction services ltd — a B2B e-commerce platform from a joint venture between Tata Steel and SAIL.

However, coal import in May dropped marginally to 26.19 MT, from 26.57 MT a year earlier.