Coal India output grows 12%

10-Sept-2018

Coal India Ltd. (CIL) clocked a 12% growth rate in the first five months of this fiscal, producing 216.2 million tonnes of coal, according to a filing. Most of the output growth came from CIL subsidiaries — Eastern Coalfields Ltd., Northern Coalfields Ltd., South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. and Assam-based North Eastern Coalfields.

CIL’s loading for the power sector increased by 11.8% between April and August. Coal offtake at 246.9 million tonnes was 9.5% higher in this period. Coal stock at linkage-based thermal power plants, as on August 30, stood at 14.7 million tonnes, CIL said.

Source: THE HINDU