Coal India to put up mine wise plan to achieve a 1 billion-tonne production by 2019

In a first of its kind exercise, the government would draw mine-wise plans for Coal India to achieve a one-billion-tonne production by 2019. The company has already finalized plans to achieve 925 million tonnes. The world’s largest coal miner by output, Coal India has reported provisional production of 44.42 million tonnes in November 2014, as against target of 45.69 million tonnes. The company’s total off-take for the month of November stood at 41.57 million tonnes as against a target of 43.20 million tonnes. Coal India is the world’s largest coal mining company. It also produces non-coking coal and coking coal of various grades for diverse applications.