Coal India auction to miss spark on low power demand Q4 of FY18
After 76% rise in Q3, prices may fall in Q406-01-2018
Coal India auction to miss spark on low power demand Q4 of FY18
After 76% rise in Q3, prices may fall in Q4Coal India annual production target kept at 630 mn tonnes in FY19: Centre
CIL has identified mines with a production capacity of 908 million tonnes so farCIL might suffer setback in Q4 e-auctions due to muted power sector demand
After a 76 per cent increase over the average notified price in the e-auctions during October-December last year, Coal India might see auction prices falling as demand from the power sector is expected to remain muted in the fourth quarter (Q4) of the current fiscal year.Analysts are of the view that power demand usually declines in the winters and with Coal India stepping up its sales, the country's power generators would be returning to near-normalcy latest by mid-February."In turn, this is going to affect demand from the power sector in the e-auctions", an analyst from Motilal Oswal said.In November 2017, despatches to the power sector rose by 9.1 per cent to touch 40.9 million tonne (mt) against the despatch of 37.6 mt in the year-ago period. Backed by robust demand from this sector, special forward e-auction prices rose by 35 per cent over the notified prices of the coal grades in November while for the Q1-3 period, the increase over notified price stood at 25 per cent.As per...Coal India e-auction fetches 76% premium in Q3 FY18
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