Coal production rises by 9% in December 2022 to 82.87 MT

09 Jan 2023 CW Team

India's coal production increased by 9.2 per cent to 82.87 million tonnes in December 2022, from 75.87 million tonnes 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 tonnes.

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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