Mahanadi Coalfields records 14% growth in production during 2021-22

Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Ltd (CIL), on Friday said it has produced 168 million tonnes (MT) of coal during the financial year 2021-22 registering a growth of about 14 per cent over the previous fiscal.

The company said it has set new milestones in all the performance parameters vis-a-vis coal production, despatch and overburden removal (OBR).

Addressing a press conference here, MCL Chairman-cum-Managing Director O.P. Singh said: “The last fiscal has been a great year, full of achievements for the company, and I am happy to inform that MCL’s achievement in coal production had been 103 per cent of target at a record 168.17 million tonne for the financial year ended yesterday.”