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Railways coal handling up 8.8% in December Coal Insights Bureau
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he Indian Railways transported 44.5 million tons (mt) of coal in December 2012, up 8.83 percent from 40.89 mt in November, according to information available with Coal Insights. Railways’ revenue earnings from
transportation of coal also increased to `3,347.27 crore in December from `3,085.81 crore in November. Overall, the Indian Railways’ revenue earnings from commodity-wise freight traffic rose month-on-month in December, mainly due to higher transportation of coal and iron ore. Revenue earnings from
Commodity-wise revenue Commodity
Quantity (in mt) Dec’11
Earning (in ` cr) Dec’12
Dec’11
Dec’12
Coal (i) for steel plants (ii) for washeries
3.98
3.73
169.15
214.51
0.12
0.11
1.12
2.21
27.15
28.32
1,766.91
2,317.78
9.76
12.34
611.38
812.77
41.01
44.5
2,548.56
3,347.27
1.12
1.24
99.41
130.07
(i) from steel plants
2.39
2.35
306.4
370.98
(ii) from other points
0.71
0.66
62.92
69.42
3.1
3.01
369.32
440.4
(i) for export
0.38
0.11
107.13
28.24
(ii) for steel plants
5.18
5.19
206.31
233.75
(iii) for other domestic users
3.38
4.16
230.2
319.76
(iv) Total
8.94
9.46
543.64
581.75
Cement
9.37
8.72
562.73
674.78
Foodgrains
3.94
4.24
403.7
596.54
Fertilizers
5.61
4.38
481.76
480.23
Mineral Oil (POL)
3.52
3.45
326.89
403.16
(i) Domestic containers
0.79
0.79
78.68
85.79
(ii) EXIM containers
2.67
2.64
224.96
249.88
(iii) Total
3.46
3.43
303.64
335.67
Balance other goods
6.74
5.79
462.79
501.87
86.81
88.22
6102.44
7491.74
(iii) for thermal power houses (iv) for public use (v) Total Raw material for steel plants except iron ore Pig iron and finished steel
(iii) Total Iron ore
Container Service
Total revenue earning traffic
60 Coal Insights, January 2013
commodity-wise freight traffic during December 2012 stood at `7491.74 crore, up 8.82 percent compared with `6,884.56 crore earned in November. Revenue from transportation of iron ore for exports, steel plants and for other domestic user in December rose to `581.75 crore, up 18.72 percent from `490 crore in November. The quantity of iron ore transported rose to 9.46 mt as compared to 8.37 mt in the previous month. Revenue from transportation of cement in December stood at `674.78 (8.72 mt) as compared to `629.5 crore (7.96 mt) in November, while that from foodgrains transportation increased to `596.54 (4.24 mt) in December from `523.61 crore (3.82 mt) in November. The Railways revenue from transportation of fertilizers in December rose to `480.23 crore (4.38 mt) from `476.18 crore (4.38 mt) in November. Revenue from transportation of petroleum oil and lubricant (POL) in December stood at `403.16 (3.45 mt), while the same from pig iron and finished steel from steel plants and other points was `440.4 crore (3.01 mt). Revenue from container services was `335.67 crore (3.43 mt) and from transportation of other goods was `501.87 crore (5.79mt).