Coal India Ltd (CIL), country’s largest coal producer, has reported production of 46.84 mn t during Oct ’20, registering a growth of 16% m-o-m from 40.51 mn t in Sep ’20.
Continuing the steady rise post COVID-19 led slowdown; the output also grew 19% y-o-y from 39.35 mn t in Oct ’19, thus helping the company to attain positive growth in cumulative production for the first time in this fiscal.
Production during Apr-Oct ’20 period saw a nominal rise of 0.9% to 282.9 mn t against 280.4 mn t in Apr-Oct ’19. Notably, CIL’s total production at the end of second quarter was lagging behind the output attained in corresponding period of previous fiscal by 12%.
Coal Dispatch:
CIL attained 50 mn t coal dispatch for the first time in this fiscal, in line with the improvement in power demand. In contrast, the company had been supplying coal in excess of 50 mn t towards the beginning of previous fiscal.
Coal dispatch increased 25% y-o-y to 50.53 mn t in Oct ’20 against 40.5 mn t in Oct ’19, also extending its growth on the monthly basis from 46.46 mn t in Sep ’20.
However, overall dispatch till October was down 3% y-o-y to 305.7 mn t compared with 316.3 mn t in the year-ago period.
Subsidiary-wise coal production:
| Name of Subsidiary | Oct ’20 | Sep ’20 | % Change |
| MCL | 11.08 | 10.58 | 5% |
| SECL | 10.64 | 8.50 | 25% |
| NCL | 10.16 | 9.26 | 10% |
| CCL | 5.83 | 4.83 | 21% |
| WCL | 3.51 | 2.51 | 40% |
| ECL | 3.46 | 2.82 | 23% |
| BCCL | 2.17 | 2.01 | 8% |
| CIL | 46.84 | 40.51 | 16% |
Quantity in mn t
Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) remained the largest coal producing subsidiary with an output of 11.08 mn t in Oct ’20, while its nearest competitor SECL managed production in excess of 10 mn t for the first time this year.
All the subsidiaries of CIL posted rise in production on the monthly basis, while the coal producing unit in Assam-NECL has failed to resume production post temporary suspension announced since Jun ’20.
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