Coal India (CIL) has allocated 72.1% higher quantity of coal at 17.34 million tones (MT) under the special forward e-auction scheme to the power sector during the April-September period. The company had allocated 10.07 MT of coal under the scheme in the year-ago period. However, no coal was allocated under the scheme for the power sector in September.
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.
