Coal Production jumps 11.37% to 60.42 MT in July: Centre

12 Aug 2022 , 09:49 AM

During July, 2022 the overall coal production has increased by 11.37% to 60.42 million ton (MT) from 54.25 MT as against July 2021. 

According to the provisional statistics of the Ministry of Coal, during July 2022 Coal India Ltd (CIL), Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) and captive mines/others reported a growth of 11.12% and 44.37% by producing 47.33 MT and 9.80 MT coal respectively. However, SCCL registered a negative growth of 32.51% during July.

Further, of the top 37 coal mines, production of 24 mines was more than 100% during July this year.  Another 7 mines’ production stood between 80 and 100%.

At the same time, coal dispatch rose by 8.51% to 67.81 MT from 62.49 MT during July, 2022 as against the previous year. During July 2022, CIL and  captive mines/others reported a growth of 8.17% % and 40.78% by dispatching  54.54 and 9.91 MT respectively.

The Power utilities dispatch has grown by 17.09% to 58.45 MT during July this year  as compared to 49.92 MT in  July 2021 due to increase in power demand. In July 2022, Coal based power generation has registered a growth of 4.76%. The overall power generation in July 2022 has been 4.29% higher than in July 2021.