September coal imports slump 27% to 12.6 mn tonne

This, following unprecedented increase in coal production by Coal India

India's coal imports fell 27% to 12.6 million tonne in September from a year earlier as local output jumped, Coal Secretary Anil Swarup said on Monday.

"With unprecedented increase in coal production by Coal India Ltd , import of coal comes down for third successive month," Swarup tweeted.

India is opening a mine a month as it races to double coal output by 2020.