India's Coal Import Up 18 Per Cent at 171 MT in 2013-14

Coal import increased 17.9 per cent to 171 million tonnes (MT) in financial year 2013-14 amid a widening demand-supply gap in India. Coal import was at 145 million tonnes in 2012-13, according to a Coal Ministry document. The import of dry fuel rose at a time when state-run miner Coal India, which accounts for over 80 per cent of the domestic production, missed its output target in the last financial year. Coal India Ltd (...