Captive coal mines overshoot target, total production up 8%

Coal production at captive mines has edged past the target for this fiscal. At the end of February, output at such mines stood at 44.41 million tonnes (mt) as against the target of 40 mt fixed for FY19.

On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, the captive coal producers logged 31.6 per cent growth.

The country's total coal production during April-February rose eight per cent to 638.46 mt as against 591.42 mt in the year-ago period. Coal India Ltd (CIL), the largest producer, recorded an output of 527.7 mt, an increase of 6.6 per cent y-o-y, data sourced from the Ministry of