Coal India December output at 52.07 mt, surpasses target

State-owned CIL today said its production in December stood at 52.07 million tonnes (MT) as against the target of 51.08 MT for the month.
However, in the April-December this fiscal, the company produced 373.45 MT of coal, missing the target of 383.08 MT for the period, Coal India (CIL) said in a filing to BSE.
The government last week said that the output by CIL crossed 9 per cent over last year's production.
"Coal production by Coal India crosses 9 per cent over last year's record production. Well done. Keep it going. Still a very long way to go," Coal Secretary Anil Swarup had said in a tweet.

CIL accounts for over 80 per cent of the domestic coal production. Coal India missed the production target for 2014-15 by 3 per cent, recording an output of 494.23 million tonnes.
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Coal Secretary Anil Swarup said in a tweet, "The cost reduction by Coal India/Singareni Coal Field leads to elimination of scarcity of coal at power plants. Production rose by 10.3%."
In another tweet, he said, "Record availability of rakes enables supply of coal and eliminates scarcity at power plants. Average daily availability at 224 in Dec.