Coal India’s (CIL) supply of coal to power sector increased 22.5 per cent to 340 million tonne (MT) during April-November period of the ongoing fiscal year. The company had dispatched 277.4 MT coal to power plants in the year-ago period stood.
As compared to pre-pandemic period of April-November 2019, the growth in power generation from the company’s coal is 16 per cent when dispatch to power plants was 292.88 MT. This translates to a generation of 437.13 BU. This is higher than the growth of overall domestic coal-based generation including despatches from sources other than the company.
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.
