India extends coal import mandate for power to avoid blackouts

The Indian government has extended its mandate to power plants to import coal until March as the country experienced the driest August in a little over 100 years, pushing electricity demand to a record high. Plants have been asked to import 4% of their supplies through March in a bid to avoid outages.

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