Coal India supplied 103.1 million tonnes of coal to the non-power sector in the April-January period of the current fiscal. Photo: ReutersKolkata: Coal India Ltd supplied 371.8 million tonnes of coal to the power sector in the last 10 months ending January, up 6.8% from the corresponding period last year, a senior company official said. The Coal India has produced 440 million tonnes of coal in the April-January period of the ongoing fiscal. To boost supply to thermal power stations, a strategic decision was taken to ensure coal supply from pit head to power stations located within 50 km by road. Coal India had to curtail production in two subsidiaries—Central Coalfields and Bharat Coaking Coal—in early FY17 due to huge lying stock.

Source: Mint February 08, 2018 06:45 UTC