Coal production News

The government has implemented several initiatives, including Commercial Coal Mining and Mission Coking Coal, to enhance domestic coal production and reduce imports.

India's coal production for the month of February reached 928.95 million tonnes (MT), reflecting a 5.73 per cent increase compared to 878.55 MT in the same period last year, as per the ministry's data released on March 1. 

Similarly, coal dispatch from Captive and Other entities reached 178.02 MT up to February 2025, reflecting 31.90 per cent increase from 134.96 MT in the same period last year. 

Despite a growth of 3.87 per cent in coal-based power generation from April 2024 to October 2024 compared to the same period last year, coal imports for blending by thermal power plants saw a sharp decrease of 19.5 per cent as domestic production has gone up.  

In terms of coal dispatch, the figures for December 24 surged to 92.59 MT, compared to 87.06 MT in December 2023, achieving a growth rate of 6.36 per cent.

The National Coal Mines Safety Report Portal was inaugurated to enhance safety management practices and reduce accidents.  

The cumulative coal production for the fiscal year up to October reached 537.45 MT, an increase from 506.56 MT during the same period in FY 2023-24, representing a growth of 6.10 per cent, the data showed.

Fertiliser output during the month increased by 2.4 per cent while steel production also went up by 2.7 per cent. However, crude oil production declined by 2.6 per cent in June. 

The coal stock at Thermal Power Plants (TPP) marked a notable increase to 46.70 MT with an annual growth rate of 30.15 per cent. 

As many as 91 mines have been successfully auctioned under commercial coal auctions, out of which seven mines have already commenced coal production. 

Coal production of FY'22 has been compared with FY'20 as FY'21 has been considered an abnormal year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Coal despatch increased by 10.80 per cent to 75.55 MT during January.

The output grew 4.9 percent in August compared with a revised 2.6 percent year-on-year growth in July.

State-owned Coal India is likely to miss the production target by 20 MT and may end up producing up to 578 million tonnes this fiscal due to a string of issues, including evacuation and demand-supply, a top official has said.

Infrastructure sector recorded a growth rate of 6.6 percent in October -- the highest in last six months -- on the back of impressive performance by steel and refinery products.

The country is eyeing 1.5 billion tonnes of coal production by 2020, of which 1 billion tonnes would come from Coal India.

Helped by a record coal production by the world's largest coal miner Coal India Ltd (CIL), India reduced its import bill of the dry fuel by more than Rs 28,000 crore in the last fiscal.

As it gears up to meet 1 billion output target, state-owned CIL is planning to acquire coal mines in South Africa in partnership with local government amid falling prices of assets globally.

The government is pushing Coal India to liquidate about 40 million tonnes of unsold coal piling up at pitheads of mines.

Buoyed by the output growth of 9 percent by CIL, the government has asked the world's largest coal miner to ensure that it meets the target of 550 million tonnes for the current fiscal.

State miner Coal India Ltd. (CIL) has planned a capital investment of Rs.57,000 crore over the next five years to increase production to 908.1 million tons (MT), as part of the company`s target of producing one billion tons of coal by 2020, parliament was informed on Thursday.