Coal supplies to consuming sector grew by 6.2%.
CIL's production at 54.17 Million Tonnes (MTs) till
'The production spurt came largely on back of
MCL surged ahead with 21.5% production growth, as of the referred date, followed by SECL with 14.4%. These are two of the largest producing subsidiaries of CIL, which combined contribute close to half of CIL's total coal output. Much to the relief of the company, Dipka opencast mine of SECL, the third largest coal producing mine of CIL came back strongly in record time reaching 1 Lakh tonnes per day production. Dipka's lower benches were flooded when a non-seasonal river broke the embankment and flooded the mine on
Coal off-take at 48.07 MTs, as of
There is no shortage of coal in the power plants, with a total of 65.66 MTs currently available in the system, of which stock at CIL's pitheads is 31.41 MTs. Whereas, thermal power plants of the country were adequately stocked with 34.25 MTs of coal (as of 26 January) sufficient for 19 days consumption. The current level of coal stock at the power plants is 14.89 MTs more than that of a year ago period. Last year same date it was 19.36 MTs.
'Better management of supply logistics ensured that coal stock at various power stations was maintained throughout the year and the number of critical power plants never touched double digit during 2019-20 as per CEA' said the stated official. After almost 3 years, the number of NTPC plants and NTPC/JVs having super critical stock was down to zero.
With power plants sufficiently stocked with coal supplies, it gave leeway to
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