Coal India (CIL) has reported 9.2% rise in coal supply to power plants to 290.59 million tonnes (MT) in the first eight months of the current fiscal, driven by high loading of rakes. This translates to a robust 24.59 MT increase in absolute terms compared to 266 MT during April-November 2016. The growth in coal supplies to thermal power stations last month was around 9% higher at 40.92 MT against 37.56 MT supplied in November last year.
Coal India is the world’s largest coal mining company. It also produces non-coking coal and coking coal of various grades for diverse applications.
