In the first five months of 2024, coal consumption reached 22.49 million tonnes, with 19.80 million tonnes supplied to power generation, reflecting a 15 per cent increase year-on-year.
Vinacomin manufactured approximately 21.2 million tonnes of coal for power generation in the first half of this year, up 16 per cent year-on-year and fulfilling 55 percent of the annual target.
The nation is relying more on coal power this year due to water shortages at hydro-electric dams across, leading to a 10-15 per cent increase in goal demand.
EVN has also proposed those two coal suppliers reduce coal supply for other sectors and to increase the amount of coal supplied for power production in the second quarter of 2023. Other sectors will be compensated in the last months...
Under no circumstances should the supply be disrupted as coal is an essential mineral that thermal power stations and fertiliser factories can not go without.