State-owned Coal India supplied 360 million tonne (MT) coal to the power sector during April-December 2018, an increase of 7.9 cent over the year-ago period, according to official data. Coal India Ltd (CIL) had dispatched 333.4 MT of dry fuel during the corresponding nine months of 2017. The PSU giant’s coal supply in December 2018 was 1.9 per cent higher at 42.4 MT, over 41.6 MT in the corresponding month a year ago, the latest data by the coal ministry showed.
