Coal India (CIL) has supplied 8.61 million tonnes Fuel to the power sector in August i.e. rose by 11%. The development assumes significance in the wake of thermal power plants in the country grappling with coal shortage. Coal India which accounts for 80 per cent of the country’s coal output had supplied 34.64 million tonnes (MT) of coal in August last fiscal. Fuel supply by CIL in the April-August period of the current fiscal increased by 27.2 per cent to 205.90 MT over 161.87 MT 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.
