CCl jumps coal production target with 11.2% growth

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Central Coalfields limited (CCl) has overhauled its own target of 55 million tonnes set for the year 2014-15. In its annual report released on Thursday, the subsidiary of the Coal India limited presented a figure of 55.64 MT of production which is 11.2 per cent more than the extractions during previous year. The Miniratna company which had registered a growth of 4.1 per cent in 2013-14 reached to the double digit growth with same set of infrastructure and establishment. Releasing the facts, CCl Chairman-cum-Managing Director Gopal Singh lauded the achievement describing it ‘unprecedented’. “It is new records and the CCl is at new height. The production figure has been unexpected and unforeseen in the history of any subsidiary of the CIl. We thank the Government for its support in getting land acquisition and forest and environment clearances,” said the CMD.

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