Coal India Ltd.

Coal India’s (CIL) coal supply to the power sector registered a decline of 8 per cent to 42.30 million tonne in March 2020 in the wake of slump in the fuel demand due to lockdown. CIL dispatched 45.84 million tonne (MT) of coal in the corresponding month of 2018-19. In 2019-20, the supply of fuel by the company to the power sector dropped by 6 per cent to 463 MT as compared to 491.5 MT in 2018-19.

CIL, the world's largest coal-producing company, is a major supplier of the dry fuel to the power sector in India. The coal supply by state-owned Singareni Collieries Company (SCCL) to the power sector also dropped by 19 per cent to 4.35 MT in March, over 5.35 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.