Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), the Ranchi-based subsidiary of state-owned Coal India Limited, plans to increase its annual production capacity to 200 million tonnes in the next five years, foreign media reported.
CCL operates 14 projects in Ranchi and aims to produce 84 million tonnes of coal in the ongoing fiscal year (April 2023 to March 2024).
And it is expected to increase its coal production by additional 100 million tonnes in the next few years, official said.
It is expected to produce 20 tonnes of coal from the Ashoka coal project in Chatra, which will come into operation in the next few years, said B Veera Reddy from CCL.
CCL also plans to produce another 15 million tonnes of coal from Chandragupt coal project in Hazaribag, for which the tender has been awarded.
The company intends to augment 20 million tonnes of coal production from Sanghamitra coal mine in Chatra's Tandwa block.
(Writing by yan.sun Editing by Emma Yang)
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