At the Production Operation Center in Quang Ninh, the Coal Business Department, Vietnam National Coal - Mineral Industries Holding Corporation Limited (TKV Group) has just chaired a working session with Southern Coal Joint Stock Company - Vinacomin on implementing solutions to promote coal consumption in the last 5 months of 2026.
According to information from the Coal Business Department, in the first 7 months of 2026, TKV Group consumed 31.152 million tons of coal, reaching 62.3% of the annual plan and equal to 109.9% compared to the same period in 2025.
The coal source is managed in the direction of prioritizing domestically produced coal to the maximum extent, ensuring sufficient coal for thermal power plants, while maintaining stable supply for industrial households and commercial customers.
For coal business customers such as commercial and proprietary customers (other households) consumed 3.033 million tons, equal to 91.9% of the annual plan and equal to 128.5% compared to the same period (which is the group with the highest growth rate in the group of consuming customers).
TKV Group acknowledges and highly appreciates the proactiveness and sharing of customers in receiving coal types according to supply capacity and coordinating to ensure delivery progress.
Forecasting the market in the last months of the year and to complete the consumption target of 50 million tons of coal according to TKV's 2026 plan, in the last 5 months of 2026, TKV Group is expected to consume about 18.8 million tons of coal, of which 670,000 tons are exported; domestically: electricity households 15.1 million tons, fertilizer - alumin households about 800,000 tons, cement households 270,000 tons.
Regarding solutions to strengthen coal consumption in the last 5 months of the year, identifying other consuming households as groups with a lot of room and needing to focus on promoting in the last 5 months of the year, striving to consume from 2.5 million tons to 3.0 million tons, corresponding to an average of 500 thousand tons to 600 thousand tons/month.
To achieve the above volume, TKV Group and units need to proactively expand customers, promote sales and prioritize consumption of coal types with high inventories.
On the Group's side, it will ensure stable supply, maximize customer demand according to signed contracts; strengthen quality control and impurities in mining, processing, loading and unloading and delivery. At the same time, operate flexibly, closely follow the issued consumption plan to supply coal as quickly as possible to vehicles waiting to pick up goods.
The Coal Business Department is the focal point for receiving and registering needs and coordinating with the Coal Production Department to resolve customer problems in the process of receiving goods at the port.
The Group also requests customers to register their demand for coal types and volumes for each month of the last 5 months of 2026 to send to the Coal Business Department for the Group to balance sources; to receive sufficient volume of signed contracts and allocate them equally monthly; to increase the receipt of coal types that the Group has the ability to supply; to share with the Group for types that must be prioritized for power production.
Along with that, it is necessary to proactively arrange vehicles, warehouses, and personnel to receive coal on schedule, closely coordinate with the Group, for the common goal of completing the production and business plans and tasks of all parties.
