Agenda

09.55 - 11.30 Hrs Inaugural Session: How is competition reshaping Indian coal market?
11.30 – 11.45 Hrs Tea Break
11.45 – 13.00 Hrs Plenary Session: Supply outlook - Redrawing growth roadmap?
13.00 – 14.00 Hrs Lunch break
14.00 – 15.00 Hrs Session 3: Demand upside - A reality check!
15.00 – 16.45 Hrs Session 4: Coal Exchange - Order or chaos to a surplus market?
16.45 – 17.00 Hrs Tea Break
17.00 – 18.00 Hrs Session 5: Techno-commercial - What is the impact of opening up on OEM market?
18.15 – 18.45 Hrs Networking Break
19.30 – 22.00 Hrs Grand Awards Night & Gala Cocktail Dinner
10.00 – 11.30 Hrs Session 6: Seaborne coal markets - Is India a vanishing market for thermal coal?
11.30 – 11.45 Hrs Tea Break
11.45 – 13.00 Hrs Session 7: Commercial Mining - Does India have appetite for commercial coal?
13.00 – 14.00 Hrs Lunch break
14.00 – 15.15 Hrs Session 8: Met coal & coke - 100 mt of coking coal: Mission possible?
15.15 – 16.45 Hrs Session 9: Coal Tech - What are the new technologies in automation & robotics?
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About the Indian Coal Markets Conference

Having crossed the 1 billion ton production milestone, India’s coal sector now faces an unexpected plateau in demand, forcing both established and emerging producers to reassess their short- and long-term growth strategies. At this juncture, the industry must decide whether to pursue unchecked expansion or recalibrate for balanced coexistence with renewable energy. As miners deliberate their options, deep structural changes – most notably the shift from predictable FSA-linked sales to the uncertainties of a market-based regime under the emerging Coal Exchange – are pushing companies to rethink their operating model and risk outlook. How will prices get discovered at these exchanges? What domestic and external factors would weigh in? How do we create room for the growth of both legacy and new age miners? And how would the seaborne market be factored in?

The 19th Indian Coal Markets Conference (ICMC) would try to find answers to some or all of these most pertinent questions and might give rise to new insights into the sector which are not even being discussed now.

Key topics to be discussed:

  • Will exchange bring order or chaos to a surplus market?
  • What will be CIL’s stance on coal exchange?
  • Will exchange subsume FSA, e-auctions?
  • Will commercial miners eat into imports or PSUs’ market?
  • Financing coal projects: Banks’ and investors’ outlook
  • What will be the impact of RGO on utilities’ coal demand?
  • DRI’s fuel choice: Moving away from domestic coal?
  • What will be the ripple effects of anti-dumping duty on coke?
  • What will be the logistics arrangements for coal exchange?
  • Has the opening up benefitted India’s OEM market?
  • Seaborne coal prices: What does 2026 hold in store?
  • Can India become a price-setter in seaborne market?
  • What is exporters’ outlook on the Indian coal market?
  • Ocean freight: Overcapacity to weigh on spot market?

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Our Past Speakers

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Vinaya Varma

MD & CEO, mjunction services limited

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P M Prasad

Chairman, Coal India Ltd

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Achyut Ghatak

Director (Technical) Coal India

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Sanjay Agarwal

ED CIG, SAIL

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Amitabh Panda

MD, Tata NYK

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Sanjay Kumar Singh

Director (T) OP, BCCL

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B R Rao

Director, Jindal Power

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Om Prakash

CEO – Mining Business, Jindal Power

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Amita Khurana

Group Chief - Raw Material Procurement, Tata Steel

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Nirbhay Sancheti

Director, Mining, SMS Ltd

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Gurudas Mustafi

MD, Hazemag Allmineral

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V S Maharaj

Executive Director (Information & Communication Technology), Coal India

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Sanjib Rajderkar

Head, Upstream Business Finance & Coal Procurement, Hindalco

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Niladri N Bhattacharjee

Partner, Grand Thorton Bharat LLP

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Anil Badgotri

President Commercial & CPO, JK Cement

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Freddie Staermose

VP, Business Development, Argus Media

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Manish Gulati

Director (Commercial), Interocean

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Sauro Jyoti Ray

VP & Business Head - Mining, Sany Heavy Industry India

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Helen Gibson

GM, Underground Soft Rock, Komatsu-Joy Global

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Ajit Singh Choudhary

MD, ELITech Earth Science

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Vidya Mundra

Business Head, MCBIPL

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Prakash Kedia

Director, Adhipati India

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Anil Nachrani

President, Chattisgarh Sponge Iron Manufacturers Association

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Saurabh Chaturvedi

Deputy Editor, GenFuels, Argus Media

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Aditya Saroha

Senior Editor, Global Thermal Coal, S&P Global Commodity Insights

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Nugroho Priyo Pratomo

Director, Indonesia Trade Promotion Centre (ITPC), Ministry of Trade, Indonesia

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Sourav Suman

Head, Business Development - Mines, GarudaUAV Soft Solutions

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R P Ritolia

Former CMD (CCL)

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Ashim K Mukherjee

Sr. Technical Advisor, Universal MEP Projects & Engineering

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FAQs for Indian Coal Markets Conference 2026

19th Indian Coal Markets Conference (ICMC) is being held at hotel Taj Taal Kutir in Kolkata on February 24 - 25, 2026.

Taj Taal Kutir located at Eco Park, Plot No.: IIE/65, Action Area-ll, New Town, Kolkata 700156 is 8 kms from Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport linked to NH 12, offering easy access to the EM Bypass Road.

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All cancellations must be received in writing by 7th February 2026 for a full refund, less 25% administrative charges. We cannot accept any verbal cancellations. Cancellations received after 7th February 2026 are liable for the full conference fee. However, substitutions can be sent to attend in your place at no extra charge. Registrations after 7th February 2026 are still liable for the full conference fee in case of cancellation. If owing to a force majeure, mjunction services ltd. is obliged to postpone or cancel the event, mjunction services ltd. will not be liable for any expenses incurred by delegates or their organisations. Badge swapping with other registered /non-registered delegates is against policy and will not be permitted. If they are found to be misused, attendance to the conference will be denied. In such cases no refund will be given. All disputes are subject to Kolkata jurisdiction only.