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The India n government has warned all chemical plants to take precautionary measures while resuming operations following yesterday's fatal leak at the LG Polymers India (LGPI) plant, potentially complicating restarts as the country's Covid-19 lockdown eases.
News ID: 9380    Publish Date : 2020/05/08

India 's bitumen consumption fell by 5pc to 6.3mn t in the 2019-20 financial year that ended 31 March, hit by tighter availability of funds for road construction.
News ID: 9379    Publish Date : 2020/05/08

India 's Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) — the operator of one of the world's largest coal import terminals, Mundra — will focus on reducing operating costs and conserving cash in the 2020-21 financial year that started on 1 April amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
News ID: 9355    Publish Date : 2020/05/06

LNG buyers in India have shrugged off the extension of a nationwide lockdown by a further two weeks from today, anticipating restrictions will be lifted gradually until the number of Covid-19 cases drop. But downstream demand for LNG may only start to increase after a few months.
News ID: 9307    Publish Date : 2020/05/04

India 's coal ministry is stepping up efforts to persuade coastal utilities to use domestic coal as it works with the railways to cut logistics costs and encourages boiler retrofitting to reduce the country's reliance on imports.
News ID: 9305    Publish Date : 2020/05/04

India 's extension of its nationwide lockdown has further dented the near-term prospects of recovery for thermal coal and petroleum coke imports, with several consuming industries reluctant to ramp up operations amid weak demand.
News ID: 9303    Publish Date : 2020/05/04

India 's Punjab state has become the first to extend its Covid-19 lockdown, amid rising indications that nationwide measures may continue in some form beyond the scheduled end date of 3 May.
News ID: 9276    Publish Date : 2020/04/30

India n steel exports in March fell by 3.2pc from a year earlier to 573,000t following its nationwide lockdown to stop the spread of Covid-19.
News ID: 9262    Publish Date : 2020/04/29

Electric vehicle sales in India have reportedly recorded a growth of 20 per cent to 156,000 units in the financial year 2019-20, largely driven by the sales of electric two-wheelers that form bulk of the nascent industry.
News ID: 9205    Publish Date : 2020/04/20

India n state-controlled refiners have seen a 50pc decline in fuel demand in April after the government extended a nationwide lockdown to fight the Covid-19 outbreak.
News ID: 9197    Publish Date : 2020/04/20

India n state-controlled refiner MRPL has issued an export tender offering 8,000t of polypropylene (PP) grades, its second for April.
News ID: 9196    Publish Date : 2020/04/20

India is taking special steps to support renewable energy projects during the extended Covid-19 lockdown in a bid to stick to the country's broader goal of trimming its reliance on coal.
News ID: 9171    Publish Date : 2020/04/16

India has increased its exports of paraxylene (PX) following a nationwide lockdown since 25 March, putting pressure on discounts for cfr China cargoes.
News ID: 9154    Publish Date : 2020/04/15

India has listed economic activities that could be permitted to resume from next week as it contends with the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. But coal-consuming industries say the move might not yield the desired results.
News ID: 9151    Publish Date : 2020/04/15

India n state trading agency MMTC has called a purchase tender requesting long-term urea supply direct from producers.
News ID: 9144    Publish Date : 2020/04/14

India has diverted a cargo of crude from the UAE to the southwest port of Mangalore to help fill its strategic petroleum reserve (SPR), amid slumping demand from the country's refiners because of the Covid-19 outbreak.
News ID: 9143    Publish Date : 2020/04/14

India has extended a nationwide lockdown until 3 May in an attempt to curb the spread of Covid-19, but is making some exceptions to minimise economic damage.
News ID: 9142    Publish Date : 2020/04/14

India is taking steps to increase domestic coal offtake in an attempt to reduce the country's record stockpiles.
News ID: 9119    Publish Date : 2020/04/13

Seaborne coking coal prices surprisingly rose during the first quarter of this year in contrast to most commodities but the past three weeks have erased these gains, with Covid-19 slashing demand in major consumer regions Europe and India .
News ID: 9116    Publish Date : 2020/04/13

India n LPG demand in March increased by 2pc from a year earlier but fell short of a record high in January. LPG was the only fuel to show growth last month amid the Covid-19 outbreak that closed businesses and barred people from leaving homes under a 21-day nationwide lockdown from 25 March.
News ID: 9096    Publish Date : 2020/04/09