SINGAPORE: Coal stocks at 17 major Indian ports totaled 12.45 million mt as of February 25, down 3.9% on week, data released by Indian shipbroker Interocean showed.
Stockpiled coal at Indian ports comprised 9.95 million mt of thermal coal, down 5.5% from 10.53 million mt the previous week; and 2.29 million mt of coking coal, up 4.6% over the same period from 2.19 million mt, the data released late last week showed.
Anthracite stocks fell 26.5% to 25,000 mt from 34,000 mt last week, while petcoke stocks at Indian ports plunged 11.3% to 180,000 mt from 203,000 mt during the same period. Paradip on India’s east coast had the highest coal stocks at 2.36 million mt, down 2% from the previous week’s 2.41 million mt.