CIL pushes ahead with evacuation amid Q1FY26 slowdown in coal demand

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....IL pushes ahead with evacuation amid Q1FY26 slowdown in coal demand<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 17-8-2025<BR>PTI<BR>Kolkata, Aug 17 (PTI) Coal India Ltd (CIL) is pressing ahead with its production and evacuation infrastructure plans under its capital expenditure programme for the current fiscal, even as coal demand remained sluggish in the first quarter of FY 2025-26. The company has earmarked the lar....

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....gest share of Rs 5,622 crore - about 35 per cent of the total proposed Rs 16,000 crore capex in FY26 - for coal transportation and evacuation infrastructure, including rail sidings, corridors, coal handling plants, silos and roads. The investments are critical to ramp up mechanised coal evacuation capacity from the present 151 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) to 994 MTPA by FY 2028-29 under first ....

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....mile connectivity, an official told PTI. The state-run miner, which accounts for over 75 per cent of domestic coal output, reported a decline in performance in the June quarter, with production falling 3 per cent to 183.32 million tonnes and offtake slipping 4 per cent to 191 million tonnes. Already, there are signs of demand improvement after Coal India carried out various reforms for coal cons....

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....umers, the official said. Despite this, CIL said it remains committed to its long-term roadmap of achieving 1 billion tonnes of production by FY 2028-29. "The Indian growth story remains intact and we are positioning ourselves for future energy requirements," the official said. In addition to evacuation infrastructure, the miner continues to invest in land acquisition, heavy earth moving equipm....

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....ent, washeries and renewable projects, aiming to ensure supply reliability while gradually diversifying its portfolio. Meanwhile, CIL has scaled up its renewable energy initiatives, commissioning 114 MW of solar capacity in FY 2024-25. This took its cumulative installed solar capacity to 209.08 MW as of March 2025, as the miner intensifies efforts to achieve 3 GW of solar capacity by FY 2027-28 u....

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....nder its de-carbonisation roadmap. PTI BSM NN<BR> News - Press release - PIB....