Coal India supply to power sector grows by 12% to 118 MT in Sep qtr
State-owned Coal India Ltd supplied 117.6 million tonnes (MT) of coal to power utilities during July-September of the current fiscal, registering a growth of 12.3 per cent.
“Coal India Ltd (CIL) supplied 117.6 million tonnes to power utilities during July- September 2021 quarter, the highest for Q2 of any year, posting 12.3 per cent growth,” the PSU said in a statement.
This is a volume jump of 13 MT compared to 104.7 MT in the same quarter last year.
The growth is even higher at 17.2 per cent when matched against 100.3 MT of COVID-free second quarter of FY’20.
CIL’s total offtake shot up to 147.3 MT at the quarter ending September which is 9.7 per cent more against comparable quarter of last year when the offtake was 134.3 MT.
