CCL Registers positive growth in OBR

Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), the Jharkhand based subsidiary of Coal India Limited extracted 103.62 million cubic metres of Over Burden Removal (OBR) posting a nominal growth of 0.3 per cent ending FY’21. OBR is an important performance parameter that exposes the overlaying material making future coal production easier.

Despite Covid-19 slowdown CCL could produce 62.6 Million Tonnes (MTs) of coal during the just concluded fiscal while its off-take was 65.4 MTs. There was decrease of coal demand during the lockdown.

However, on positive side, 5 open-cast mines of the company Magadh, Amrapali, Ashoka and KD Hesalong recorded their highest growth varying between 13 per cent and 109 per cent during 2020-21.