India’s coking coal import port traffic up 3% in H1 FY 2025-26

Wednesday, 08 October 2025 15:16:43 (GMT+3)   |   Kolkata

India’s coking coal imports through all major ports in the country during the April-September period of the fiscal year 2025-26 have been provisionally estimated at 30.489 million mt, a rise of 3.23 percent year on year, according to data sourced from the Indian Ports Association (IPA) on Wednesday, October 8.

According to the calculations of SteelOrbis, coking coal shipping into the country in September amounted to 4.69 million mt, compared to 4.491 million mt in August.

According to the IPA data, total iron ore including pellets handled by all the major ports during the April-September period of the fiscal year 2025-26 has been provisionally estimated at 23.479 million mt, a decline of 7.77 percent year on year.

AjoyDas
Ajoy Das
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I graduated from the University of Kolkata with a degree in economics and have three decades of experience in reporting for leading print media publications, covering key manufacturing industries like iron and steel, energy (fossil and renewable), chemicals and petrochemicals and mining sectors (coal, bauxite, iron ore and copper). I work as a correspondent for SteelOrbis reporting on the Indian steel industry covering pricing and trade trends across the value chain, capacity creations and utilizations, corporate developments, government policy frameworks and industry related news.

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