4.45 (1.03%) Coal India (CIL) has supplied 117.6 million tonnes (MT) of coal to power utilities during July-September of the current fiscal (Q2FY22), the highest for Q2 of any year, posting 12.3 per cent growth. This is a volume jump of 13 MT compared to 104.7 MT in the same quarter last year. The growth is even higher at 17.2 per cent when matched against 100.3 MT of COVID-free second quarter of FY20.
The company’s total offtake shot up to 147.3 MT at the quarter ending September which is 9.7 per cent more against comparable quarter of last year when the offtake was 134.3 MT.
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.