Coal production from captive, commercial mines up 10.2% in FY 2025-26

Coal accumulation from captive and commercialized mines accrued 10.2% successful the fiscal twelvemonth 2025-26 to 210.46 cardinal tonnes, connected a year-over-year basis, the authorities informed successful a connection Thursday.

Further, dispatches from captive and commercialized mines besides accrued 7.35% to standard 204.61 MT during the aforesaid period.

The summation successful ember accumulation and dispatches is of peculiar value for the country, arsenic it seeks to pat into the c commodity to oversee the accrued unit connected earthy state amidst the escalating tensions successful West Asia.

The ministry besides informed 12 captive and commercialized ember blocks were operationalised by granting of excavation opening support (MOP) successful FY 2025-26.

Further, to accelerate commencement of production, the ministry informed, 7 blocks commenced accumulation wrong the aforesaid fiscal year.