India Eyes Mongolia for Coking Coal Imports

India’s steel ambitions are now colliding with a hard strategic reality: over-dependence on a single supplier for coking coal is a vulnerability. India Eyes Mongolia for Coking Coal Imports is a Strategic Intelligence Report that examines New Delhi’s calculated move to diversify its coking coal supply chain by engaging Mongolia as an alternative source.

The report breaks down why India—importing nearly 90% of its coking coal and relying heavily on Australia—is seeking cost optimisation, supply resilience, and strategic flexibility. It analyses Mongolia’s rising coal exports, its geographic positioning between China and Russia, and the geopolitical and logistical trade-offs involved in routing coal via corridors such as Vladivostok–Chennai and the International North–South Transport Corridor.

Beyond trade, the report evaluates security implications for India’s energy ecosystem, scenario outcomes ranging from successful diversification to geopolitical disruption, and strategic recommendations spanning diplomacy, infrastructure investment, and public–private collaboration. It highlights why coking coal is no longer just an industrial input—but a strategic asset tied to India’s long-term economic growth and manufacturing competitiveness.

Designed for policy analysts, energy strategists, investors, steel sector leaders, and geopolitical risk professionals, this intelligence product converts raw data into strategic foresight.

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