Coal India production surges at close of financial year

A last lap unprecedented surge in production has enabled State-miner Coal India Limited to end the 2018/19 financial year with production of 607-million tons, marginally short of the 610-million-ton target agreed with the government. The miner thus achieved a production growth of 7% during the year ended March 31, 2019, against growth of 2.4% in the previous financial year, according to data released by the company.