<h1>Industrial Growth in January 2020: Core Industries Rise 2.2%, Coal Up 8%, Oil and Gas Down.</h1> The Index of Eight Core Industries, which represents 40.27% of the Index of Industrial Production, increased to 137.5 in January 2020, marking a 2.2% rise from January 2019. From April 2019 to January 2020, cumulative growth was 0.6%. Coal production rose by 8%, while crude oil and natural gas production declined by 5.3% and 9.1%, respectively. Refinery products saw a 1.9% increase, while fertilizers slightly decreased by 0.1%. Steel, cement, and electricity production increased by 2.2%, 5.0%, and 2.8%, respectively, during the same period.