"We are looking at the possibility of import of coking coal from Mongolia. An Industry delegation went (to Mongolia some time back) and a government delegation is going next month," Steel Secretary Sandeep Poundrik told PTI.
India remains dependent on select group of nations -- largely Australia -- to meet 80-90 per cent of its coking coal requirements. As they are located far, it takes months for cargo ships to transport the raw material to India. The logistics adds to the overall cost production of steel makers.
Imports from Mongolia, which is geographically closer to India, will provide cost benefit to the domestic steel players and improve availability of the raw material.
The government has been taking several measures to source coking coal from Russia and Mongolia.
State-owned SAIL has imported coking coal from Russia to produce steel.
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