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\nRussia became India\u2019s third-largest coal supplier in July, with imports rising by over a fifth compared with June to a record 2.06 million tonnes, data from Indian consultancy Coalmint showed.
\nRussia has historically been the sixth-largest supplier of coal to India, behind Indonesia, South Africa, Australia, and the United States, with Mozambique and Colombia alternatingly featuring in the top five.
\nIndia expects its central bank\u2019s recent approval to allow payments for commodities in the Indian rupee to provide a major fillip to bilateral trade with Russia. India\u2019s imports from Russia have jumped nearly five times to over $15 billion ever since Russia invaded Ukraine. read more
\nIndia, the world\u2019s second-largest producer, importer and consumer of coal, has historically imported more coking coal \u2014 used mainly in steelmaking \u2014 from Russia, with Australia being the other key supplier.
\nHowever, steep discounts offered by Russian suppliers to Indian consumers in the recent months have incentivized higher buying of thermal coal \u2014 used mainly in power generation \u2014 especially as global prices have traded at near-record highs due to western sanctions choking traditional trade.
\nThermal coal imports from Russia jumped 70.3% in July, compared with June, to a record 1.29 million tonnes, while coking coal imports rose by over two-thirds to more than 280,000 tonnes, Coalmint data showed.
\nIndonesia was the top supplier, while South Africa was marginally ahead of Russia, the data showed. Higher coal imports from Russia were mainly driven by cement manufacturers and steelmakers, two Indian traders said.
\nOverall Indian coal imports, including shipments of anthracite and PCI coal, were nearly 10% lower in July at 23.8 million tonnes, compared with record imports of 26.29 million tonnes in June, the Coalmint data showed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MOSCOW Russia became India\u2019s third-largest coal supplier in July, with imports rising by over a fifth compared with June to a record 2.06 million tonnes, data from Indian consultancy Coalmint showed. Russia has historically been the sixth-largest supplier of coal to India, behind Indonesia, South Africa, Australia, and the United States, with Mozambique and Colombia […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275690,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-275681","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n