Kolkata: Coal India Limited announced that its coal production in October rose 19.3% year-on-year to 67.2 million tonnes. In the same month last year, Coal India had produced 56.4 million tonnes of coal.
Coal purchases in October stood at 70.3 million tonnes. This is 18.7% higher than the 59.2 million tonnes recorded last year.
In the second quarter of the financial year, Coal India’s production increased by 0.7 percent to 388.2 million tonnes. In the same period last year, production was 385.5 million tonnes. Among its subsidiaries, Mahanadi Coalfields recorded its highest-ever production in October, rising 25.3 percent to 20.8 million tonnes. South Eastern Coalfields Limited increased by 17.4 percent to produce 14.3 million tonnes, while Western Coalfields Limited saw its production rise by 64.7 percent to 5.9 million tonnes. Eastern Coalfields Limited increased by 27.9 percent to produce 4.6 million tonnes. Meanwhile, Central Coalfields Limited’s production rose by 26.1 percent to 7.3 million tonnes. Bharat Coking Coal Limited increased by 7.1 percent to produce 2.9 million tonnes, while only Northern Coalfields Limited declined. Its production fell by 4.3 percent to 11.4 million tonnes.
In the procurement segment, Western Coalfields in October rose 50.2% to 6.7 million tonnes. Central Coalfields Limited’s procurement increased 44.7% to 8.0 million tonnes. Eastern Coalfields’ procurement rose 35.1% to 4.9 million tonnes. Mahanadi Coalfields increased 13.0% to 20.6 million tonnes, and South Eastern Coalfields rose 19.5% to 15.6 million tonnes. Meanwhile, Northern Coalfields’ procurement fell 1.1% to 11.2 million tonnes.
During the period from April to October, production fell by 14.6 percent at Northern Coalfields, 4.2 percent at Mahanadi Coalfields, and 9.8 percent at Bharat Coking Coal. Western Coalfields, Central Coalfields, and Eastern Coalfields, among others, recorded growth of 15.9%, 21.1%, and 12.3% respectively.
