NEW DELHI: State-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) saw 55 million tonne (mt) offtake of the fossil fuel, a record, in May due to higher demand from the power sector.
Supplies were 38% higher year-on-year, when electricity demand had dipped during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
“Even compared to pre-Covid May’19 the growth was 5.8% when the company’s off-take was 52 MTs,” CIL said in a statement.
India’s power sector is the largest consumer of coal in the country, with CIL being the largest coal miner. Coal-fuelled electricity generation remains the mainstay of India’s power mix.
