E-auctioning of coal was a novel delivery mechanism that served to weed out unfair practices in the coal supply chain and reach the fuel to small-time end-users at the right price. The recent government directive to reduce the sale of coal via the e-auction, in a bid to divert this very quantum to the power sector, has stirred up a hornet’s nest. User-industries wonder if this will yield any positive results at all. How will the small enterprises procure their share of the fuel and at what cost? Will this additional coal be successfully channelled against the backdrop of a rakes shortage? Will the power sector be in a position to actually acquire the additional coal? And, most importantly, will the move pave the way for the return of unscrupulous elements into the coal supply chain? Coal Insights takes a close look. The August 2014 issue also presents interviews of R Mohan Das, Director (Personnel), CIL and of B K Saxena, Director (Marketing), CIL.
Coal Insights is India's premier and widely read monthly magazine on coal & mining industry published by mjunction services ltd (A JV of Tata Steel and SAIL).It caters to the entire coal supply chain from mining to consumption. It tracks the coal market with special focus on India, & covers production & consumption reports, as well as dispatch and stocks at power plants.It covers a variety of topics including demand, supply, e-marketing, mining technology, imports, pricing and policy matters, logistics, infrastructure and clean coal initiative. It also covers the interviews of the decision makers of coal industry on a regular basis.
