Overall coal stocks reach 110.58 million tonnes, up 44%: Coal ministry
The overall coal stock position at mines, thermal power plants (TPPs) and in transit, reached a total of 110.58 million tonnes (MT) as compared to the stock of 76.67 MT last year, the Ministry of Coal said on Wednesday. This indicated an increase of 44.22 per cent.
Compared to the stock of 47.49 MT in 2022, the total stock of pithead coal at Coal India Limited (CIL) on June 13 stood at 59.73 MT, signaling a rise of 25.77 per cent. The total coal dispatched to the power sector for the financial year 2023-24 (FY24) as on June 13 stood at 164.84 MT, as compared to 156.83 MT in the corresponding period of FY23.
