Coal India Ltd reported 495.09 million tonnes of production

Kolkata, March 01: Coal India Ltd (CIL) on Thursday reported 495.09 million tonnes (MT) of production in April-February in the current fiscal, but missed the target by nearly seven per cent.

CIL, with a target to produce 531.32 MT during eleven months, clocked a 1.4 per cent growth in production from 488.06 MT in the same period of 2016-17, its provisional data showed.

However, the state-run miner achieved a seven per cent growth in off-take to 525.09 MT during April-February of 2017-18 as against a target of 541.60 MT for the period.

The miner had an off-take of 490.86 MT during the same period in the previous financial year (2016-17).