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Date: 05/07/2024

Coal India’s output up by 8 pc in Q1FY25

National miner Coal India Limited (CIL) posted 8 per cent growth in coal production during the first quarter of the current financial year (FY25). Coal production during the quarter ending June stood at 189.3 million tonnes (MT). While all the seven producing arms of CIL achieved positive growth, five of them breached their respective targets. CIL’s output for June 2024 rose to 63 MT, growing by around 9 per cent over the production in the same month last year. CIL’s total coal supply shot up to 198.4 MT during April-June 2024 with 6 per cent year-on-year growth. At a time when power demand in the country is spiking up, CIL’s supplies to coal-fired plants grew by 4 per cent to 160 MT during Q1FY25, with a year-on-year jump of 6 MT, as per a report.
 
Sourtcde: Exim News Service: New Delhi, July 4