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Coal despatches by CIL, SCCL down 3.97% in June m-o-m

July 17: Despatches of coal by domestic miners Coal India Ltd (CIL) and Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) in June 2014 stood at 31.68 million tons (mt), down 3.97% from 32.99 mt despatched during May, according to provisional data available with ICMW.

Of the total despatches in June 2014, CIL’s despatches were 28.78 mt while’s SCCL’s share was at 2.9 mt. In May, the share stood at 29.97 mt for CIL and 3.03 mt for SCCL, respectively.

On the other hand, in June 2013, CIL had despatched 27.93 mt and SCCL had despatched 2.61 mt.

During the first three months (April-June) of 2014-15, total coal despatched by CIL and SCCL stood at 97.33 mt while the figure was at 94.53 mt during the corresponding period of the previous fiscal.

In 2013-14, despatches stood at 388.09 mt, up 1.15% compared to 383.66 mt recorded during the corresponding period of the previous year.
       
Of the total despatches in 2013-14, CIL’s share comprised 353.82 mt while’s SCCL’s share was at 34.27 mt.