MCL Revises Surface Transportation Charge for Coal

Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL), the mining arm of CIL operating in Odisha, has revised the surface transportation charge (STC) which it imposes on customers for transporting coal from mines to loading points.

The cost varied upon distance covered upon coal transportation is primarily revised every six months in accordance with the decision taken by MCL’s officials.

MCL has kept the transportation charges unchanged at INR 43/MT for the distance slab of 0-3 km. For a distance between 3-10 km, the company has increased STC rates by INR 7/MT to INR 81/MT. For 10-20 km distance slab, same rates were rolled over from the previous revision.

In case, where coal is transported more than 20 km, transportation charges would be payable at actual basis, borne by the buyer.

MCL has stated that the revised charges would be implemented from 00:00 hrs of 1 Feb’20.

Applied Surface Transportation Charges imposed by MCL 

Prices in INR/MT

On the production front, MCL has attained the 100 MnT coal output mark for FY20 as on 22 Jan’20. Notably, the Odisha based subsidiary of CIL has been a member of 100 MnT club of coal companies in India since FY10.