Country's coal production has reached 900 million tonnes, says Coal Ministry

March 11, 2024 1:25 PM

Country's coal production has reached 900 million tonnes, says Coal Ministry

<span style="color: #222222;">India's coal sector continues to play a vital role in fueling the nation's energy needs while simultaneously driving significant employment growth. The&nbsp;Coal Ministry said, as of 6th March the country's coal production has reached 900 million tonnes. The Ministry said, this surge in production not only contributes to essential infrastructure development but also creates substantial employment opportunities. In recent years, Coa...

Country's coal production has reached 900 million tonnes, says Coal Ministry

March 11, 2024 1:25 PM

Country's coal production has reached 900 million tonnes, says Coal Ministry

<span style="color: #222222;">India's coal sector continues to play a vital role in fueling the nation's energy needs while simultaneously driving significant employment growth. The&nbsp;Coal Ministry said, as of 6th March the country's coal production has reached 900 million tonnes. The Ministry said, this surge in production not only contributes to essential infrastructure development but also creates substantial employment opportunities. In recent years, Coa...

Coal Sector achieves highest growth of 10.2 % among Eight Core Industries in January 2024

March 8, 2024 4:05 PM

Coal Sector achieves highest growth of 10.2 % among Eight Core Industries in January 2024

The coal sector has demonstrated highest growth of 10.2 percent among the eight core industries for the month of January 2024 as per the Index of Eight Core Industries. According to the provisional data of the Coal Ministry, the index of coal industry has reached 218.9 points during January 2024 as compared to 198.6 points during the same period of last year. The cumulative index has increased by 12.2 percent during April to January, 2023-24 over corresponding period of the previous year. The Co...

Crossing 900 Million Tons, Coal Production reaches an unprecedented milestone

March 7, 2024 8:13 PM

Crossing 900 Million Tons, Coal Production reaches an unprecedented milestone

Coal production in India has reached an unprecedented milestone, crossing 900 million tons (MT) as on 6th March. This has set the stage to approach the ambitious one billion ton target by 31st March. During the current fiscal year, India has achieved a remarkable feat by surpassing last year&apos;s coal production of 893.19 MT, twenty-seven days in advance. The Coal Ministry said that there is ample coal stock of around 85 MT available with coal companies. Domestic coal-based thermal power p...

Coal production in country has shot up to over 664 million tonnes in financial year 2023

December 28, 2023 1:39 PM

Coal production in country has shot up to over 664 million tonnes in financial year 2023

<span style="color: #222222;">The coal production in the country has shot up to over 664 million tonnes during the current financial year which is a robust 12.29 percent increase over the corresponding figure of over 591 million tonnes for the same period of the previous year. Coal Ministry today, said that in&nbsp;terms of coal dispatch, the cumulative achievement during this period amounted to over 692 million tonnes, indicating 11.32 percent growth compared to the correspo...

Coal production in country has shot up to over 664 million tonnes in financial year 2023

December 28, 2023 1:39 PM

Coal production in country has shot up to over 664 million tonnes in financial year 2023

<span style="color: #222222;">The coal production in the country has shot up to over 664 million tonnes during the current financial year which is a robust 12.29 percent increase over the corresponding figure of over 591 million tonnes for the same period of the previous year. Coal Ministry today, said that in&nbsp;terms of coal dispatch, the cumulative achievement during this period amounted to over 692 million tonnes, indicating 11.32 percent growth compared to the correspo...

Coal Ministry achieves substantial surge in overall coal production, growth of 8.40% in 1st quarter of this financial year

July 3, 2023 5:12 PM

Coal Ministry achieves substantial surge in overall coal production, growth of 8.40% in 1st quarter of this financial year

The Coal Ministry has achieved a substantial surge in overall coal production with a growth of 8.40 percent in the first quarter of this financial year. The cumulative coal production has witnessed a significant increase, reaching over 222 million tonne as compared to around 205 million tonne during the same period last year. Coal dispatch has also shown an upward trend, reaching over 239 million tonne in the first quarter of this financial year, as compared to over 224 million tonne. It said, t...

Coal Ministry extends last date for submission of bids for 7th round of Commercial Coal Mine auctions

May 25, 2023 7:37 AM

Coal Ministry extends last date for submission of bids for 7th round of Commercial Coal Mine auctions

The Ministry of Coal has extended the last date for submission of bids till 27th June for the ongoing 7th round of Commercial Coal Mine auctions, which was 30th of this month earlier. The Ministry said that the decision has been taken in view of requests received from large number of potential bidders.   The Ministry has so far allocated or auctioned 133 mines with cumulative Peak Rated Capacity (PRC) of 540 million tonne per annum (MTPA), out of which 48 coal mines came into production having c...

Captive and commercial coal blocks production rises by 79 per cent to 27.7 million tonne during first quarter of this fiscal

July 7, 2022 8:43 PM

Captive and commercial coal blocks production rises by 79 per cent to 27.7 million tonne during first quarter of this fiscal

Captive and commercial coal blocks production has gone up by 79 percent to 27.7 million tonne during first quarter of this financial year. The Coal Ministry in a statement today said, coal production has gone up to 27.7 million tonne as compared to 15.5 million tonne during the same period in last financial year.   The Ministry appreciated the efforts of coal block allocattees in achieving high growth and expressed hope that production target of 32 million tonne from coal blocks during the secon...