Coal output by state-run miner Coal India (CIL), which produces about 83% of the fuel in the country, fell 3% year-on-year (y-o-y) to 36.4 million tonne (MT) in July, marking an improvement from the production levels recorded in the preceding three months.
The 158.4 MT coal output by CIL in the first four months of FY21 is 9.7% lower than the corresponding period last year. Signalling the resurgence of demand from the power sector, CIL said production in the last week of July was 15.7% more than the output in the corresponding period last year. Electricity demand in July was down 2.6% year-on-year, which is a sharp improvement from June when the annual drop in demand was 11%.
