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The Viet Nam National Coal and Mineral Industries Holding Corporation (Vinacomin) has urged members to fully exploit market conditions, as coal consumption in the second quarter could face difficulties.
In an online meeting last week, Nguyen Van Bien, Deputy Director of Vinacomin, the country's top miner said that coal demands are low while the world's coal prices in the second quarter are declining compared with the first quarter.
Vinacomin's inventory remains high at roughly 600,000 tons of coal, Bien said.
Vinacomin aims to produce and consume 9 to 10 million tons of coal in the second quarter of 2014. The corporation is also hoping to complete 50-52 per cent of the year's target consumption in the first half of the year.
Besides encouraging members, whose production costs are low, to increase output in the second quarter, Vinacomin also requires other members with higher production costs to cut output.
In the first quarter of this year, despite the unfavorable weather, members of Vinacomin had managed to maintain their production levels and ensure jobs and income for their employees.
Vinacomin achieved 25 per cent of its annual plans. The corporation produced 9.7 million tons of coal, fulfilling 25.6 per cent of its yearly plan. Coal consumption was estimated at 9.35 million tons, meeting 26.7 per cent of yearly target.
The group generated VND25.8 trillion (US$1.22 billion) in revenue. Notably, revenues from electricity production and sales hit 31.1 per cent of Vinacomin’s yearly plan.
Vinacomin's coal consumption last year was estimated at 39 million tons; almost the same as that of 2012, including 11.6 million tons for exports, and 27.4 million tons of domestic consumption.
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Source: vietnamnews
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