Kolkata: Coal India (CIL) produced 52.3 million tonne (MT) of coal in August 2023 registering a strong 13.2% growth over 46.2 million tonne August 2022. Comparative production for the month surged by 6.1 MT.
Staying on course with the annual asking growth of 11% till August FY 2024, the state-owned coal miner gave 281.5 MT output posting and 11.1% year-on-year growth. The volume expansion in production was 28.2 MT during the first five months of 2023-24 compared to 253.3 MT during the year-ago period. The company has stated that total coal supplies to all consuming sectors shot up to 59 MT in August 2023 reflecting a strong double-digit growth of 15.3% compared to 51.2 MT of same month last fiscal.
