Coal India’s (CIL) fuel supply to the power sector registered a decline of 19.5 percent to 126.30 million tonnes (MT) in the April-July period of the ongoing fiscal (FY21) in the wake of slump in coal demand. The company had despatched 156.86 MT of fuel in April-July last year. The despatch of coal by CIL in July fell 12.4 percent to 32.76 MT, from 37.41 MT supply in the corresponding month of the previous fiscal.
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.
