Coal India prioritises supply to power plants with stocks of up to six days
Coal India (CIL) has prioritised supply to power plants that have stocks to last zero to six days, offering coal on ‘as is where’ basis through rail-cum-road mode from sources where high stock is available. The company has identified 23 such mines carrying 40.3 million tonne (MT) of stock as of August 16.
The company is building up stocks at power plants by making available alternative sources for supply in case of shortage at the mines linked to the plants. The PSU miner saw 104% materialisation during the last week of August at an average per day supply of 1.36 MT, as against the requirement of 1.31 MT set by CEA. The last three days’ average loading to the power sector went up to 1.4 MT.
