Coal news and updates

Coal India Ltd (CIL) increased its coal supply to power utilities by 9.2% to 290.59MTs during April-November 2017. This is an absolute increase of 24.59MTs, compared to 266 MT during April-November 2016. CIL registered an increase of 8.1% in overall production, with production touching 329.3MTs.

 

This increase comes in line with a statement by the Coal Secretary stated that CIL would have to “increase production and productivity” in order to offset the wage hikes given to management and workers of CIL. Coal Secretary Susheel Kumar stated that this increase in wages should not be affected by this increase in wages.

 

CIL has given a production target of 600 MT for FY18, an annual growth of ~8.3% over FY17. The company is likely to come close to achieving this target given that the demand from power and steel industries is rising. The success of the SHAKTI scheme is likely to act as a near-term catalyst for demand growth.

 

Source: India Infoline