HANOI: Vinacomin, Vietnam‘s largest coal miner, mentioned it had considerably boosted gross sales to gasoline home energy vegetation similtaneously the nation is ramping up its coal imports to attempt to keep away from a repeat of final yr’s energy shortages.
The Southeast Asian nation, a regional manufacturing hub closely reliant on coal for energy technology, has over the current years confronted strain to keep up ample energy provides throughout heatwaves.
Coal-fired energy vegetation account for 37.5 per cent of Vietnam’s complete put in energy technology capability, however in current weeks has been chargeable for round 67 per cent of complete electrical energy output, in accordance with knowledge from state utility Electrical energy of Vietnam.
The corporate’s coal gross sales to energy vegetation totalled 15.3 million metric tons within the January-April interval, up 13.8 per cent from a yr earlier, the state-run miner, formally often called Vietnam Nationwide Coal Mineral Industries Holding Corp., mentioned in an announcement this week.
Vinacomin mentioned its month-to-month gross sales to energy vegetation in Might are anticipated to be a document 4.1 million tons, with out giving comparative figures.
The nation, which hosts giant manufacturing operations of multinational corporations like Samsung Electronics, Foxconn, Intel and Canon, in March vowed there wouldn’t be electrical energy shortages this yr.
Nevertheless, it has struggled to extend home coal manufacturing and has needed to ramp up imports to feed coal-fired energy vegetation. Coal imports within the first 4 months of this yr rose 68 per cent from a yr earlier to twenty million tons, in accordance with authorities knowledge.
Vietnam’s complete coal output within the first 4 months of this yr fell 1.2 per cent from a yr earlier to fifteen.3 million tons, the info confirmed.
The Southeast Asian nation, a regional manufacturing hub closely reliant on coal for energy technology, has over the current years confronted strain to keep up ample energy provides throughout heatwaves.
Coal-fired energy vegetation account for 37.5 per cent of Vietnam’s complete put in energy technology capability, however in current weeks has been chargeable for round 67 per cent of complete electrical energy output, in accordance with knowledge from state utility Electrical energy of Vietnam.
The corporate’s coal gross sales to energy vegetation totalled 15.3 million metric tons within the January-April interval, up 13.8 per cent from a yr earlier, the state-run miner, formally often called Vietnam Nationwide Coal Mineral Industries Holding Corp., mentioned in an announcement this week.
Vinacomin mentioned its month-to-month gross sales to energy vegetation in Might are anticipated to be a document 4.1 million tons, with out giving comparative figures.
The nation, which hosts giant manufacturing operations of multinational corporations like Samsung Electronics, Foxconn, Intel and Canon, in March vowed there wouldn’t be electrical energy shortages this yr.
Nevertheless, it has struggled to extend home coal manufacturing and has needed to ramp up imports to feed coal-fired energy vegetation. Coal imports within the first 4 months of this yr rose 68 per cent from a yr earlier to twenty million tons, in accordance with authorities knowledge.
Vietnam’s complete coal output within the first 4 months of this yr fell 1.2 per cent from a yr earlier to fifteen.3 million tons, the info confirmed.
