Coal India will exceed last year’s production figures: Official

Despite coal production being hampered at Dipka mines due to prolonged rains, Coal India Ltd will exceed last year’s production figures, a top coal ministry official said here on Tuesday. In 2018-19, Coal India produced 606.89 million tonnes (MT),while dispatch was at 608.14 MT.

“Coal India’s production was nearly minus 8 per cent till October. So in the last few months the coal production has caught up. Now it has just minus 3.5 percent. And it will go on to be plus at the end of the year. It is going to be healthy percentage over last year’s (figures),” Secretary of Coal Ministry, Anil Kumar Jain told PTI on the sidelines of Energise 2020 a biennial conclave.