Bloomberg reported that power producers and steelmakers in India imported 31% more of the fuel in August compared with last year/

Indian buyers imported 12.98 million tonnes of coal at 21 of 27 ports listed by Interocean, a New Delhi based ship broker as against 9.9 million tonnes in August 2011.

The shipments comprised 9.98 million tonnes of steam coal and 3 million tonnes of coking coal.

Major ports
Mundra - 2.79 million tonnes
Krishnapatnam - 1.47 million tonnes,
Paradip - 1.29 million tonnes
Visakhapatnam - 931,850 tonnes

Major suppliers
Indonesia - 7.28 million tonnes
Australia - 2.65 million tonnes
South Africa - 1.63 million tonnes
US - 452,101 tonnes

Source - Bloomberg

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