Commodity Market Report
India coal short-term outlook April 2021: is import substitution drive compatible with demand?
Report summary
The recovery in Indian power and steel continued to build momentum through Q1 2021. Strong economic growth post-lockdown has increased consumption of goods across all sectors. However, there are a few risks to imports. The supply-demand imbalance of domestic coal is resulting in huge stockpiles. The government’s import substitution drive has shown mixed results but has lowered imports in power sector. Finally, there is the risk presented by the second wave of COVID-19 now spreading across the country. Read on to find out more about these issues and our forecast for the Indian coal market.
Table of contents
- Despite firm seaborne prices, domestic spot prices remain range bound
- Recovery continues in thermal coal demand
- Metallurgical coal demand to remain firm
- Supply-demand imbalance results in higher stocks
Tables and charts
This report includes 11 images and tables including:
- CIL performance in the spot market
- CFR India prices of imported coal
- Key thermal coal prices: history/forecast, nominal US$/t
- Key metallurgical coal prices: history/ forecast, nominal US$/t
- Monthly coal-fired generation
- Domestic coal stocks at power plants
- Monthly hot metal and steel production
- Imported coal stocks at power plants
- CIL raw coal production
- CIL coal despatches
- Seaborne thermal imports by origin
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