New Delhi: State-owned Coal India NSE -0.39 % Ltd (CIL) for the first time in the current fiscal on October 20 neutralised the negative growth in coal production for the year. The coal production of 265.69 million tonnes (MTs) on October 20 was at level with last year’s output on the same date with the company posting a marginal 0.04 MT increase in volume terms, CIL NSE 4.96 % said in a statement.
CIL arm Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd with progressive coal production of 71.17 MTs, on Wednesday, which is a 9.61 MT increase on year-on-year comparison and Northern Coalfields Limited at 60 MTs logging a jump of 3.15 MTs during the referred period have played catalytic role in wiping off CIL’s negative production trend, it said.
