Coal India Limited crossed 600 Million Tonnes plus production mark in successive years FY 2018-19 and FY 2019-20. Because of COVID 19 pandemic, Coal Sector suffered in FY 2020-21. Coal India Limited produced 596.22 Million Tonnes (MTs) of coal in the just concluded Financial Year under challenging conditions, achieving 90% of the MoU Target. Offtake was 574.48 MT at a materialization of 87% against the target and overburden removal (OBR) was 1345.41 M Cum.
Coal Production
(A) CIL produce non-coking coal and coking coal of various grades for diverse applications. The following table provides certain information relating to the non-coking coal and coking coal produced by us in the periods indicated:
| Grades | 2016-17 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2020-21 |
| Raw coal Production Mill Te | % of Total Raw Coal Production | Raw coal Production Mill Te | % of Total Raw Coal Production | Raw coal Production Mill Te | % of Total Raw Coal Production | Raw coal Production Mill Te | % of Total Raw Coal Production | Raw coal Production Mill Te | % of Total Raw Coal Production | |
| Non Coking Coal | 499.49 | 90.1 | 534.09 | 94.1 | 572.75 | 94.4 | 555.70 | 92.3 | 557.38 | 93.5 |
| Coking Coal | 54.65 | 9.9 | 33.28 | 5.9 | 34.14 | 5.6 | 46.44 | 7.7 | 38.84 | 6.5 |
| Total | 554.14 | 100.0 | 567.37 | 100.0 | 606.89 | 100.0 | 602.14 | 100.0 | 596.22 | 100.0 |
(B) COMPANY WISE DETAILS 2020-21
| DETAILS | UNIT | ECL | BCCL | CCL | NCL | WCL | SECL | MCL | NEC | CIL |
| UG | Mill Te | 9.31 | 0.61 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 3.40 | 12.18 | 0.54 | 0.00 | 26.45 |
| OC | Mill Te | 35.70 | 24.05 | 62.17 | 115.04 | 46.87 | 138.43 | 147.48 | 0.04 | 569.77 |
| TOTAL | Mill Te | 45.01 | 24.66 | 62.59 | 115.04 | 50.28 | 150.61 | 148.01 | 0.04 | 596.22 |
| OFFTAKE | Mill Te | 42.04 | 23.13 | 65.40 | 108.65 | 49.69 | 138.78 | 146.71 | 0.09 | 574.48 |