Coal India (CIL) has produced 42.6 million tonnes of coal in August 2021, registering an increase of 14.6 per cent over the corresponding month of the previous fiscal. The rise in production comes at a time when there are reports of thermal power generation units across the country grappling with coal shortages. The company produced 37.2 million tonnes of coal in August last fiscal. Coal production by CIL also increased to 209.2 million tonnes in the April-August period of the current fiscal, over 195.5 million tonnes of coal produced in the year-ago period.
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.
