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.
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.
The priority of the Ministry of Coal is to enhance domestic coal production to reduce the dependence on substitutable coal imports.
India's coal production in March 2023 rose by 12.03 per cent to 107.84 million tonnes from 96.26 million tonnes as compared to March 2022.
MCL has achieved all its targets much ahead of schedule and has contributed to Coal India surpass its target of 700 million tonne set for financial year 2022-23: CMD
