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September coal imports dip 27% to 12.6 mn tonnes

With government's renewed focus in increasing coal production in India, coal imports have fallen 27% year on year.

September coal imports dip 27% to 12.6 mn tonnes

Zee media Bureau 

New Delhi: India's coal imports fell 27 percent to 12.6 million tonnes in September from a year earlier as local output jumped, Coal Secretary Anil Swarup said on Monday.

With unprecedented increase in coal production by Coal India  Ltd, import of coal comes down for third successive month, Anil Swarup said in a tweet.

India is opening a mine a month as it races to double coal output by 2020.

 

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