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India’s Apr coal imports down 6pct on mth

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Publish time: 7th May, 2015      Source: Platts
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India imported around 18 million tonnes of coal in April through 25 major ports, down 6% month on month, data from shipbroker Interocean showed on May 6.The monthly imports consisted of 14.5 million tonnes of thermal coal, falling 5% from March, and 3.5 million tonnes of coking coal, slipping 10%.Mundra on the west coast received the highest coal shipments in April at 2.7 million tonnes, dropping 13% on month and of which 2.6 million tonnes was thermal coal.Goa, also on the west coast, received the highest coking coal shipments in April at 715,224 tonnes, down 14% from a month ago.These coals were mainly imported from Australia, Indonesia, South Africa and the US.