State-owned CIL today said it produced 177.43 million tonnes of coal in the first four months of the ongoing fiscal, registering a growth of 14 per cent. It had produced 155.53 million tonnes (MT) of coal in the year-ago period, Coal India Ltd said in a filing to BSE. In July CIL produced 40.56 MT coal, against 36.69 a year ago. The state-owned firm accounts for over 80 per cent of the domestic coal production.

KOLKATA: State-owned Coal India is exploring the possibility of restricting fuel supplies to power plants saddled with large stocks but operating at low capacity utilisation. The plan is to divert supplies from these plants to the ones running at higher capacity but faced with low stocks, a Coal India executive said.

The government’s green panel has disapproved amendments to the environment clearance sought by Bharat Coking Coal for its Jharia Coalfields in Jharkhand due to the absence of forest clearance, as per the official document. The company’s proposal was to amend the existing environment clearance given for the cluster XI group of mines that has a peak production capacity of 6.6 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) and Moonidih water capacity of 1.6 MTPA.

The decline in coal imports by India’s power plants points to distress in an increasing number of generators and a domestic supply shortfall.

Imports by power stations fell about 15 percent from a year ago in the first two months of the fiscal year to March caused mainly by a 32 percent drop in overseas purchases by plants designed to use imported coal, according to calculations based on data from Central Electricity Authority, a unit of the power ministry.

Increasing coal import by power plants to compensate for supply shortages by Coal India (CIL) would lead to a rise in electricity tariffs, analysts said.

Absorbing higher imported fuel costs by electricity distribution companies (discoms), instead of raising tariffs, would add to losses of such state-owned entities, a recent note from SBICAP Securities noted.

NEW DELHI: India’s largest power generator NTPC saw output jump 7.5% in the first quarter of the current financial year on the back of manufacturing activity growing at the strongest pace in June.

Coal India matched the demand-driven generation by pushing up fuel supplies to power stations by15.4% during the April-June period, backed by a 15% growth in loading of rakes and a similar pace of production increase.

State-owned Coal India on Sunday said it produced 44.88 million tonnes (MT) of the dry fuel in June, missing the target by 7.9 MT.

The production target for the PSU for the month of June was 52.79 MT, Coal India Ltd (CIL) said in a filing to BSE.

KOLKATA: Coal India plans to offer a mix of 30 million tonnes of thermal and coking coal at its recently announced fourth tranche of long-term supply contract for the non-power sector.

In the auction, the offer price for the coal would be the notified price for the non-power sector. Notified price for non-power is almost 20% higher than price fixed for the power sector.

KOLKATA: Coal-fired power plants with total installed capacity of around 9,000 MW are asking for extension of temporary coal supply contracts for at least six years, since they have not been able to start production from the captive blocks allotted to them more than three years ago.

State-owned Coal India's output increased by 105 million tonnes (MT) in the last four years to reach 567 MT in 2017-18, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday.

The remarks come at a time when the country is facing coal shortages.

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