South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) had produced 150.545 million tonnes (MT) of coal in the financial year 2019-20 (FY20), retaining the top spot among Coal India Limited (CIL) entities.
Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur-headquartered company had contributed 25 per cent to the total coal production of CIL. CIL produced 602.14 MT of coal in FY20.
The second largest coal producing subsidiary of CIL was over 10 MT behind SECL and the third was over 42 MT short of SECL’s output. The production rally continued throughout the year in SECL and it crossed 150 MT coal production mark for the second time.
SECL has crossed the benchmark of 150 MT coal production consecutively during last two financial years. No other subsidiary of CIL had been able to achieve this benchmark.
