Coal production rises by 9% in December 2022 to 82.87 MT
India's coal production increased by 9.2 per cent to 82.87 million tonne in December 2022 from 75.87 million tonne recorded during November 2022. On a year-on-year basis, domestic coal production went up by 10.8 per cent in December 2022 from December 2021 when it was 74.79 million tonne.
According to Coal Ministry data in December 2022, Coal India registered a growth of 10.30 per cent whereas Singareni Collieries Company (SCCL) and captive mines recorded a growth of 19.12 per cent and 9.01 per cent respectively.
At the same time, coal despatch increased by 5.28 per cent to 78.91 million tonnes in December 2022 from 74.95 million tonnes recorded in the corresponding period of last year.
During December 2022 CIL SCCL and captive mines registered a growth of 3.57 per cent 17.89 per cent and 8.85 per cent by despatching 62.72 million tonnes 6.72 million tonnes and 9.46 million tonnes of coal respectively. Power utility despatch also increased by 4.26 per cent to 65.65 million tonnes during December 2022.
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