CIL set to reach 1 BT production target by 2020
The Dollar Business Bureau As a way to boost the country’s coal production, the Coal India Limited (CIL) on Friday unveiled its roadmap of strategies to be adopted in order to attain the 1 Billion Tonne (BT) coal production mark by 2019-20. While the country’s projections towards coal production stands at around 1,200 MTs by 2019-20 at an envisaged growth rate of 7%, CIL is set to reach 1 BT target of which, 908 MTs is the expected contribution from the identified projects. The announcement to this effect was made by Bhattacharya, CMD , Coal India Ltd, at a media briefing on Friday. He further said that the identification of projects for this purpose is also underway, adding that the ...