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.
India’s coal production for June 2024 reached 84.63 MT (Provisional), with a growth rate of 14.49 per cent compared to the corresponding period in the previous year, which was 73.92 MT.
During April 2024, Coal India Limited (CIL) achieved a coal production of 61.78 MT, marking a growth of 7.31 per cent compared to the same period last year when it was 57.57 MT.
A wave of joy spread across MCL, which has mining operations in Angul, Jharsuguda and Sundargarh districts of Odisha, as the company crossed 200 MT mark on Saturday night.
This surpasses the figures of 90.42 MT of the corresponding month during the previous year, representing an increase of 10.30 per cent.
India's overall coal production has gone up by 47 per cent to 893.08 million tonnes during the last nine years, the Ministry of Coal said in a release Friday.
