Coal India produces 622.6 million tonnes coal in 2021-22, supplied most to power sector
NEW DELHI: After shrinkage in the last two years, Coal India Limited (CIL) on Friday informed that it produced a whopping 622.6 million tonnes (MT) of coal in this fiscal 2021-22, eclipsing the previous high of 607 MT recorded in 2018-19.
This year, the state-owned CIL produced 26.4 MT more coal, compared to 596.2 MTs in 2020-21. The company’s supply to the power sector soared to a record 540.4 MT with a whopping 95.4 MT volume increase. This represents 21.4% growth compared to 445 MT supplies of FY’21.
