MCL coal dispatches to power sector up 9%, H1 supply hits 75.4 mn tonnes

Despite being crippled by bandhs and other production hurdles, MCL was able to step up coal supplies to all categories of consumers

Coal supplies to the power sector by Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Ltd (CIL), rose nine per cent in this fiscal at the end of December.

Total supplies of the dry fuel by MCL to the power sector increased to 75.41 million tonnes in the April-December of FY19 compared with 69.29 mt in the year-ago period.

MCL's overall coal supplies across sectors till December end stood at 104.6 mt, marking a growth of 3.5 per cent. Despite being crippled by multiple bandhs and other obstructions to production, MCL was able to step up coal supplies to all categories