Mahanadi achieves record 100 MT coal output in Apr-Oct

Mahanadi Coalfields (MCL), a unit of Coal India Ltd (CIL), has crossed the 100 million tonnes mark in coal production in the first seven months of the financial year. According to CIL data for production performance released this week, MCL has produced 103.5 MT of coal during April to October period as against 85.4 MT during the corresponding period of previous fiscal, a growth of 21.1 per cent. The company has crossed the 100 MT milestone in a record 281 days. Normally, the figure is not achieved before November or December. The Sambalpur-headquartered company had produced 168.2 MT of coal during the financial year 2021-22, recording a growth of 13.6 per cent over the previous year. It also emerged as the highest coal producing subsidiary of the CIL. With a growth of over 15 per cent in coal production, 21 per cent in despatch and 18 per cent in OBR, MCL is poised to achieve new records during the current financial year. The company has set a target of 176 MT coal production for the current fiscal. See also: Locals refuse to buy Adani's Gondalpura coal mining planImport of thermal coal to stop by 2025