Indian Coal Industry Supplemented By Latest Industry Data And Comprehensive Analysis

Nov. 12, 2008 - PRLog -- The Report on Indian Coal Industry  (http://www.bharatbook.com/Report-on-Indian-Coal-Industry.asp
) elucidates facts about the Indian Coal industry supplemented by latest industry data and comprehensive analysis. Emphasis is laid on the following key subject matters to accomplish the report.

The characteristics of the industry (highly regulated, monopolistic, inelastic demand, seasonal supply, high risk industry, environmental issues and duty structure) are discussed in detail.
The industry structure along with the different mining methods and the regulatory framework within which the Industry players operate have been explained.
Global supply and consumption pattern for FY04-07 is provided along with the export volume of the leading coal exporting countries.
Category-wise Domestic Coal supply for the period CY02-07 is provided along with the geographical distribution of the coal reserves across the country. The production trend of the major coal suppliers for the period FY03-08 has been analysed.
Domestic Coal demand from different coal consuming sectors (power, steel, cement) for the period FY03-08 has been analysed.
Coal imports into the country from countries like Indonesia, China, South Africa, Australia have been presented in detail.
Projection on sector-wise demand for coal for FY08-10 is presented along with demand projections by other competent authorities (CIL’s Coal vision, ‘Expert Committee road map on coal reforms’).
The challenges and steps that need to be taken to further the interest of the industry have been discussed along with SWOT analysis of the industry.
Financials of CIL and its subsidiaries have been presented.

Table of Contents :-

Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Coal formation
1.2 Types of coal
1.3 Importance of coal
1.4 Uses of coal

Chapter 2 Coal mining methods
2.1 Surface mining
2.2 Underground mining
2.2.1 Room and Pillar method
2.2.2 Longwall Mining method
2.3 Coal mining methods in India

Chapter 3 Coal mining in India
3.1 Evolution
3.1.1 Nationalization on coal mines
3.2 Current industry structure

Chapter 4 Industry characteristics
4.1 Highly regulated
4.2 Monopolistic
4.3 Inelastic demand
4.4 Seasonal supply
4.5 Highly risky
4.6 Environmental issue
4.7 Duty structure

Chapter 5 Regulations
5.1 Coal distribution
5.1.1 Current coal distribution policy
5.1.2 Coal distribution prior to October 2007
5.2 Coal pricing & trade

Chapter 6 Global demand supply position
6.1 Global supply
6.1.1 World coal reserves
6.1.2 World coal production
6.2 World coal consumption
6.3 Major coal exporting/importing countries

Chapter 7 Domestic coal supply
7.1 Domestic coal reserve
7.2 Type wise & category-wise coal resources
7.3 Major coal producers in India

Chapter 8 Domestic coal demand
8.1 Offtake of coal
8.2 Sector -wise coal offtake
8.2.1 Demand from power sector
8.2.2 Demand from steel sector
8.2.3 Demand from cement sector
8.3 Import of coal
8.3.1 Coking coal imports
8.3.2 Non coking coal imports
8.4 Export of coal
8.5 Coal logistics
8.5.1 Modes of coal transportation
8.5.2 Cargo handling at Indian ports- Coal
8.5.3 Transportation cost

Chapter 9 Industry outlook
9.1 Demand projection
9.1.1 Projected coal requirement of the power sector
9.1.2 Projected coal requirement of the steel sector
9.1.3 Projected coal requirement of the cement sector
9.1.4 Total coal requirement of all sectors
9.2 Demand vis-à-vis availability as per ‘Coal Vision 2025’
9.3 Demand vis-à-vis availability as per ‘Expert committee road map on coal sector reforms’

Chapter 10 Challenges & Road Ahead
10.1 Meeting demand-supply gap
10.2 Bringing better technology
10.3 Promoting clean coal technologies
10.3.1 Coal beneficiation
10.3.2 CBM related activities
10.3.3 Underground coal gasification (UCG) related activities
10.3.4 Coal liquefaction related activities
10.4 Reducing coal cost
10.5 Improving mine safety
10.6 SWOT analysis of the industry

Chapter 11 Major players

Annexure I Definition
Annexure II State-wise distribution of coal reserve
Annexure III Grades of coal
Annexure IV Trends of fatal & serious accidents in CIL coal mines in India
Annexure V Labour productivity
Annexure VI Sector-wise allocation of coal blocks (Dec 07)
Annexure VII Abbreviations

List of Figures :-

Figure 1.1 Formation of coal
Figure 1.2 Types of coal
Figure 1.3 Price predictability
Figure 1.4 Prime energy consumption
Figure 2.1 Coal mining methods
Figure 2.2 Room & Pillar mining
Figure 2.3 Longwall mining
Figure 3.1 Industry structure
Figure 4.1 Pit head closing stock of raw coal FY07
Figure 4.2 Trends in custom duty & Import of non-coking coal
Figure 4.3 Trends in custom duty & import of coking coal
Figure 5.1 Domestic coal price
Figure 6.1 Estimated recoverable coal reserves
Figure 6.2 Major coal producing countries
Figure 6.3 Major coal consuming countries
Figure 6.4 World coking coal export growth
Figure 6.5 Major HCC/ SSCC Suppliers (2000-2006)
Figure 6.6 Major coking coal exporters
Figure 7.1 Geographical distribution of coal reserves in India
Figure 7.2 Coal & Lignite resource in India
Figure 7.3 Proved coal reserves in India
Figure 7.4 Trend in production of coking & non – coking Coal
Figure 7.5 Source-wise coal production
Figure 8.1 Sector-wise offtake of coal
Figure 8.2 Mode-wise breakup of installed capacity & electricity generation in India FY 08
Figure 8.3 Offtake of coal to the power sector
Figure 8.4 Domestic crude steel production & coal offtake to the steel sector
Figure 8.5 Total import of coking coal in India
Figure 8.6 Total Coal imports
Figure 8.7 Indian metallurgical coal imports by source FY07
Figure 8.8 Indian non-coking coal imports by source FY07
Figure 8.9 China’s coal exports & imports
Figure 8.10 Modes of coal transportation in India
Figure 8.11 Type-wise coal handled at the Indian ports
Figure 11.1 Total annual production of CIL subsidiaries
Figure 11.2 Annual production of CIL subsidiaries by type of mine
Figure 11.3 Labour productivity of CIL subsidiaries
Figure 11.4 PAT of CIL subsidiaries

List of Tables :-
Table 1.1 Sustained availability
Table 1.2 Percentage of Coal–based electricity generation out of total electricity generated.
Table 3.1 Company –wise production for FY08
Table 4.1 Comparison of coal v/s other fuels
Table 4.2 Duty structure on imported coal FY09
Table 6.1 World recoverable/ proved Coal Reserve
Table 6.2 World coal production
Table 6.3 World coal consumption
Table 7.1 Coal reserves of India
Table 7.2 Type-wise and category-wise coal resources
Table 8.1 Sector-wise offtake of coal
Table 8.2 Indonesia ‘s coal export potential


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