Table 7.12
Trends in the Coal Sector
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Change
April-October* over previous year
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1994-95 1995-96 1995 1996 1995-96 1996-97@
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(Million tonnes) (per cent)
1. Production
(a) Opencast 178.6 199.7 95.1 105.5 11.8 11.0
(b) Underground 75.2 70.4 37.3 39.6 -6.4 6.1
Total 253.8 270.1 132.4 145.1 6.4 9.6
2. Production (by coal grades)
(a) Coking coal 44.3 40.1 12.1 12.9 -9.5 6.6
(b) Non-coking coal 209.5 230.0 120.4 132.2 9.8 9.9
(c) Washed coal 11.8 12.2 4.9 4.8 3.6 -1.6
(d) Middlings 6.3 6.8 0.4 0.4 7.9 11.4
3. Pithead stocks (year-end) 32.1 31.7 33.5 25.2 -1.4 -24.7
4. Despatches 248.3 267.0 128.4 136.1 7.5 6.0
5. Lignite production 19.3 22.1 10.1 10.6 14.7 4.1
6. Output per man-shift (OMS)
(i) CIL 1.6 1.8 1.6 1.7 9.4 6.4
(ii) SCCL 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.0 11.8 -4.6
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* Provisional.
@ April-October.
From the database of Ministry of Finance disseminated on Internet through NICNET