Coal production of Coal India FY 2005-2022

Coal India produced approximately 622.63 million metric tons of coal in 2022. In 2020, India was the third largest producer as well as the third largest consumer of electricity. The energy sector in the south Asian country consumes about 70 percent of the domestic coal produced. Coal India Limited, a state-controlled mining company, was the largest coal producing company in the world.

Coal India Limited: a brief profile

Established in November 1975, the company had seven fully owned coal producing subsidiaries. By 2018, there were over 300 thousand employed personnel and operations were made through 81 mining areas across eight states in India. CIL has generated high revenues over the past few years.

Concerns about coal

With sufficient coal reserves, and well-established coal producing companies, a switch to renewable energy could presumably take longer than anticipated. Although the Indian government has made considerable efforts to switch to clean energy, the dependence on coal continues to persist within the country.