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Sunday, 18 November 18
COAL STOCKS IN A THIRD OF NTPC PLANTS CLOSE TO NIL - FINANCIAL EXPRESS
 Coal supply shortage continues to haunt NTPC, the country’s largest power generator, with latest government data showing 31% of the company’s coal-based capacity is running with ‘hand to mouth’ coal stock. As on November 12, six major NTPC power plants, with a combined capacity of 12,480 MW, have fuel stock of ‘zero’ days, data from the Central Electricity Authority show.
NTPC’s 2,980 MW Sipat plant in Chattisgarh, 2,340 MW Kahalgaon unit in Bihar, 2,100 MW Farakka station in West Bengal, 2,400 MW Kudgi unit in Karnataka, 2,000 MW Simhadri plant in Andhra Pradesh and the 660 MW Solapur plant in Maharashtra are grappling with severe fuel shortage.
Interestingly, the first three aforementioned plants are pit-head stations, suggesting that production at the mines dedicated to specific power plants are not being able to cater to the necessary requirements. Power plants across the country have been complaining about coal supply, but the brunt of fuel shortage has traditionally been faced by the units located far away from the coal mines.
“We are using carpet coal (leftover chunks and powder) to run our plants on a hand to mouth basis,” a senior official at the Kahalgaon plant told FE on condition of anonymity. The station sources coal from the Rajmahal mines, which supply fuel to the Kahalgaon and Farakka stations through the company’s ‘merry-go-round’ railway system. The mine produces 45,000 tonnes of coal per day, of which 34,000 tonnes go to Kahalgaon, while the remaining goes to the Farakka plant, which is also facing fuel scarcity.
“Our daily requirement is 40,000 tonnes and we manage to get one additional rake (about 3,000 tonnes) from the Indian Railways every day but that is not sufficient,” the person cited above added.
Coal India’s (CIL) Rajmahal mine is not being able to ramp up production as its expansion plans are impeded by land acquisition issues.
The coal shortage coincides with a sudden surge in electricity demand. As on November 13, year-on-year peak demand in Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka has increased by 14%, 14%, 18% and 22%, respectively. Coal-based power generation recorded a 5.4% y-o-y rise in the April-October period whereas a whopping 11% rise was recorded in October itself.
NTPC has recently reported under-recoveries of Rs 210 crore in Q2FY19 owing to unavailability of coal, causing its net profit to slip by 1.1% y-o-y to Rs 2,417.6 crore. To tackle the domestic fuel shortage, NTPC paid Rs 10,000 crore in advance to the railways to receive coal supply at unrevised rates until FY20.
Source: Financial Express
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Sunday, 02 December 18
TRADE WAR LEADING TO HEADWINDS FOR THE FRAGILE DRY BULK RECOVERY - PETER SAND, BIMCO
The first twelve weeks of the 2018/19 marketing year, which started on 1 September 2018, have painted a dire picture for US soya bean exports which ...
Friday, 30 November 18
GOVT MULLS REQUIRING MINERS TO TURN COAL INTO GAS - THE JAKARTA POST
The government is considering requiring all coal miners to turn the raw commodity into dimethylether (DME) as a substitute for liquefied petroleum ...
Friday, 30 November 18
SUPRAMAX: N. CHINA TO INDIA OR SE ASIA SUPRAS ARE GETTING PAID AROUND US$ 6000 - FEARNLEYS
Capesize
Sharp rise in spot activity and income, admittedly from very low levels, for the big ships. West Australia/China and Brazil/Far East b ...
Thursday, 29 November 18
NEW IMSBC CODE REQUIREMENTS AIM TO CONTROL LIQUEFACTION OF COAL CARGOES - GARD
KNOWLEDGE TO ELEVATE
The International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes (IMSBC) Code describes coal as a natural, solid, combustible material consi ...
Wednesday, 28 November 18
SHIPPING MARKET INSIGHT - GEORGE LAIOS
Last week I had the privilege to attend the SingularityU Greece Summit, in Athens. It was a privilege because you do not often have the chance to s ...
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- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
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- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- The Treasury - Australian Government
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- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Parliament of New Zealand
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- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
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- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
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- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- London Commodity Brokers - England
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- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
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- Independent Power Producers Association of India
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- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
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- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
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- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
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- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
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- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
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- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
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- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
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- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
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- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
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- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
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- Planning Commission, India
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- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
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- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
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- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
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- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
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- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
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- White Energy Company Limited
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
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- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
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- Australian Coal Association
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
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- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- The University of Queensland
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
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- Economic Council, Georgia
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
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- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
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- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
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- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
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