India Looking To Boost Coal Output by up to 100 Million Tonnes, Reopen Closed Mines

India produced 777.2 million tonnes of the fuel during the year ended March 2022 and burnt over a billion tonnes.

Sudarshan Varadhan

India produced 777.2 million tonnes of the fuel during the year ended March 2022 and burnt over a billion tonnes.

india looking to boost coal output by up to 100 million tonnes reopen closed mines

A local woman prepares to carry coal at an open coal field at Dhanbad district in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand September 19, 2012. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood/Files

Mumbai: India is looking to boost its coal output by 75-100 million tonnes in the next two-to-three years by restarting closed mines, the country's coal secretary A K Jain said on Friday, May 6.

India, the world's second largest producer, importer and consumer of coal, produced 777.2 million tonnes of the fuel during the year ended March 2022 and burnt over a billion tonnes.

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State-run Coal India, the world's largest coal miner, which produces 80% of India's coal, plans to increase annual output to 1 billion tonnes by 2024, from 622.6 million tonnes currently.

(Reuters)

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