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India fuels global growth in planned coal mining capacity, report says

The Economic Times - Industry Trade press Published 13th August 2026 India

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What the source reported

Source-reported

India nearly doubled its planned coal mining capacity in 2025 to 638 million metric tons per annum, driving almost all of the global increase in proposed coal projects, according to Global Energy Monitor. The expansion comes as India seeks to meet rising power demand despite rapid renewable growth and slowing global coal demand.

Publication
The Economic Times - Industry · Trade Publication
Published
13th August 2026
Original report
economictimes.indiatimes.com

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What ProcIntel recorded

ProcIntel-derived
Category
Supply Chain & Logistics
Geography
India
Organisations
None identified
Collected
13th August 2026 · 04:01

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 2 · Moderate
Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Moderate (39.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (27.0/30 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