Total coal production from captive, commercial mines reached 112.65 MT on Nov 30: Govt
There has been a significant growth in coal production and dispatch from captive and commercial mines, showcasing remarkable growth compared to the previous year.
There has been a significant growth in coal production and dispatch from captive and commercial mines, showcasing remarkable growth compared to the previous year.
The villagers of Samdih stopped coal production of Dabur Colliery of Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) today morning demanding restoration of the local burning ghat.
The Ministry of Coal has achieved a notable upswing in overall coal production during October 2024, reaching 84.45 million tonnes (MT). The production surpassed the 78.57 MT of the corresponding month last year, registering an increase of 7.48 per cent.
In September last year, the coal production was 67.26 MT.
Coal production in Open Cast Coal Mines Projects (OCP) of Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) in West Burdwan district has been completely stopped since yesterday due to incessant rainfall and huge waterlogging, said Niladri Roy, director (technical), ECL.
The production of Coal India Limited (CIL) rose to 290.39 MT during the period of April to August 2024 marking a growth of 3.17% as compared to 281.46 MT during the corresponding period of last period, the Ministry of Coal said.
Ministry of Coal said on Tuesday that the country’s cumulative coal production for the financial year 2024-25, as of Aug 25 has shot up by 7.12 per cent to 370.67 million tonnes compared to 346.02 million tonnes (MT) during the same period in FY 2023-24.
This growth has been achieved despite a huge opening storage of 47 MT at TPPs as of April 1, 2024, the ministry said.
The data further said that the production of Coal India Limited (CIL) rose to 55.04 MT in July, marking a growth of 2.54% compared to 53.67 MT in July 2023.
In 2022-23, the coal production was 893.191 MT while the import was 237.668 MT.
