Record Beckons For Coal India, 2021-22 Production Likely To Exceed 620 Million Tonnes

Coal India’s production for the current fiscal stood at 614.4 million tonnes as of March 28.Kolkata: Mining major Coal India Ltd is set to post its highest-ever production during the 2021-22 fiscal, topping the 620-million-tonne mark and bucking two years of a declining streak of annual output, a company official said.The miner’s production for the current fiscal stood at 614.4 million tonnes as of March 28.”We have crossed the previous production highs … and may close the year at around 622 million tonnes,” the official told PTI.Coal despatch is expected to exceed 660 million tonnes for 2021-22.The Centre had set an ambitious target of 670-million-tonne production for the currrent fiscal. The miner had earlier said it was aiming at 640 million tonnes for 2021-22.In 2019-20, the company had produced 602 million tonnes of coal, and in 2020-21, the output stood at 596 million tonnes.(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)



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