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Coal despatches by CIL, SCCL fall 12.19% in April m-o-m

May 15: Despatches of coal by domestic miners Coal India Ltd (CIL) and Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL), during April 2014 stood at 32.61 million tons (mt), down 12.19% from 37.14 mt despatched during March, according to provisional data available with ICMW.

Of the total despatches in April 2014, CIL's comprised 29.49 mt while's SCCL's share was at 3.12 mt whereas in March, the share stood at 33.44 mt and 3.69 mt for CIL and SCCL, respectively.

On the other hand, in April 2013, CIL had despatched 29.79 mt and SCCL, 2.88 mt.

During 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.