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India's Coal Demand Set to Jump 4.2% as Plant Stocks Hit Critical Lows

Oilprice.com Trade press Published 21st September 2026 Global

What the source reported

Source-reported

The share of coal-fired power plants in India running on critically low levels of coal inventory has soared in recent weeks to nearly 40% of all operational coal plants, Reuters reported on Monday, citing government data. As many as 74 coal-fired power plants had fewer than three days’ worth of coal stocks as of this weekend, sharply higher compared to 60 in the previous week, per the data from the Central Electricity Authority cited by Reuters. Despite the low stock levels, India doesn’t face any critical supply issues, as recent domestic…

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Oilprice.com · Trade Publication
Published
21st September 2026
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oilprice.com

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What ProcIntel recorded

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Commodities & Input Costs
Geography
Global
Organisations
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21st September 2026 · 15:16

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

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Significance 1 · Low
Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Low (18.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity (3.0/30 points). Initial Confidence Low (31.5/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Corroboration (2.5/25 points).

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Procurement Impact
Limiting factor
Likely Event Severity