Leaving aside the Indian government's stated determination to
end coal imports in the next few years (at least for the large public sector), what's happening to actual demand for coal - fired electricity.
Not exact matches
Across the country, the transport, mining and
importing of
coal with an ash content higher than 40 per cent and sulphur content higher than 3 per cent is banned, effectively
ending the use of the poorest - quality
coal.
A Reuters report from 6 February suggests that, despite being the world's biggest
coal producer and consumer, China may start
importing more
coal than it exports as early as the
end of 2007.
That means no more oil
imports from Canada and Venezuela and an
end to
coal mining in the United States and China.
The 17 % of SA electricity from local
coal power will
end March 2016 http://www.businessspectator.com.au/news/2015/10/7/resources-and-energy/jobs-go-alinta-closes-sa-sites Never fear the SA - Vic Heywood Interconnector will be uprated by 190 MW in July 2016 so as to help
imports of east coast
coal power.