The supplies rose to 59 MT in August 2023 from 51.2 MT in the same month last fiscal, registering a rise of 15.3 per cent, the company said in a statement.
Brent crude futures were up 8 cents to $83.54 a barrel by 11:29 a.m. EST (1629 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) fell 19 cents, or 0.3%, to $76.86.
To ensure coal supplies and a level playing field to non-regulated sectors such as steel and cement, the government had earlier said that coal linkages will be provided to them only through auctions, which will kick off later this month.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, John Kingston, Global Director of News at Platts spoke about Iran deal impact on both supplies as well as prices in the crude oil market.
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CNBC-TV18‘s banking editor Latha Venkatesh explains that the CNBC-TV18 poll estimate of the November IIP at minus-0.64 percent was primarily due to poor core index numbers