Coal is piling up at pitheads even as the country is scrambling for the fuel. As much as 70 million tonnes of it in 2011-12. Because of a lopsided focus on production, without much attention on ...

India’s coal production increased by 10.8% in December 2022 to almost 83 million tonne (MT) from 74.8 MT a year earlier, with coal despatched from pitheads to consuming industries rising 5.28 ...

CIL is likely to have close to 68 mt coal stock build up expected at its pitheads by 2022-23 end, which as of March 13 was at 57.3 mt. The company would also be scaling up its production ...

India's coal import fell 43.2 percent to 11.13 million tonnes (MT) in July this year on account of high stockpile of the dry fuel at pitheads, plants and ports. The country had imported 19.61MT of ...

Coal India is relying on mechanised transportation to cut down on the movement of the dry fuel from pitheads to dispatch points, curb pollution and reduce pilferage. The public sector miner has issued ...

One rake can hold around 4,000 tonnes of coal. The company’s coal inventory at pitheads reached 81.5 million tonnes by the end of Q1 FY25, up 40% from the previous year, providing a sufficient ...

The offtake of the Maharatna firm in the April-September period also went up by 8.6 per cent to 360.7 MT against 332 MT in the year-ago period. Coal offtake is the amount of dry fuel supplied from the ...

Stock at pitheads managed by Coal India Limited (CIL) and Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) is 82.56 MT. NEW DELHI: The country’s coal stocks are at comfortable levels to meet the ...

Coal inventory at CIL’s pitheads stood at 64.6 MT as of April, 2023 end, which was 13% higher than same period last year. “Higher production by CIL ensured stocks reducing only 4.9 MT during ...

TWO elaborate sculptures have been erected to mark old pitheads in the Garw Valley. TWO elaborate sculptures have been erected to mark old pitheads in the Garw Valley. The sculptures were created ...