CIL’s coal output rises 11.5% to 460 mn tonnes
State-owned CIL on Friday said its coal production grew by 11.5 per cent to reach 460 million tonnes (MT) during the April-November period of the ongoing fiscal.
New Delhi: State-owned CIL on Friday said its coal production grew by 11.5 per cent to reach 460 million tonnes (MT) during the April-November period of the ongoing fiscal.
CIL accounts for over 80 per cent of domestic coal output. The company had produced 412.5 MT of coal in the year-ago period, Coal India Ltd (CIL) said in a statement. “With 11.5 per cent year-on-year growth CIL stayed ahead of the annual asking rate of 10.2 per cent. The production saw an upsurge of 47.4 MT in quantum terms compared to 412.5 MT of same period last year,” the PSU said. All the seven arms of CIL have registered growth with two of them -- BCCL and NCL -- achieving their respective progressive targets. During the last month CIL’s production increased by 8.7 per cent to 66 MT from 60.7 MT in the corresponding month of previous fiscal. Supply of coal by CIL to the power sector registered a rise of 4.7 per cent to 398.7 MT in the April-November period compared to 380.8 MT in the year-ago period. “CIL feels confident of breaching the demand projection of 610 MT placed on it by the Ministry of Power for the current fiscal,” it said, adding that in a challenge, during remaining four months of FY’24.
