- Trident Chemphar’s all 19 consignments fail independent Bureau Veritas quality tests; results differ from Indian supplier’s chosen lab and LCC’s lab
- From the 12th shipment onwards, lab result gaps narrowed to closely match Bureau Veritas, sparking questions of irregularities
- Supplier reneges on promise to conduct load‑port tests at an internationally recognised lab; tests carried out by Indonesian lab with expired attestation
By Namini Wijedasa
Independent tests carried out by the accredited international laboratory Bureau Veritas (BV) on Trident Chemphar’s coal sold to Sri Lanka between January and June 2026 showed that none of the supplier’s 19 consignments was above the tender’s minimum reject gross calorific value (GCV) of 5,900 kilocalories per kilogramme of coal.
How then did two other laboratories—one chosen by the Indian supplier and the other via tender by Lanka Coal Company (Pvt) Ltd (LCC)—produce such vastly different outcomes from both the BV results and data from the Lakivijaya power plant’s (LVPP) own lab?
How did one of these labs suddenly start releasing reports that closely matched the BV results (which came weeks later) from Trident’s 12th shipment onwards?
And how did this fiasco occur? Were the samples switched, or the labs compromised? Without arriving at conclusions, we let the official data and documents speak.
Read more:
- https://www.sundaytimes.lk/260816/n...esults-deepen-quality-controversy-652598.html
Trident Chempar’s all 19 coal consignments fail independent quality tests
- https://www.sundaytimes.lk/260809/n...ts-fail-independent-quality-tests-651906.html
The burning of substandard coal has caused the pile of ash at the Lakvijaya power plant (LVP) to grow to 12-13 metres (39 to 42 feet) high—just two metres away from the top of the wind barrier, which is 15 metres tall.
Trident Chempar’s all 19 coal consignments fail independent quality tests
- https://www.sundaytimes.lk/260809/n...ts-fail-independent-quality-tests-651906.html
