Ranchi: Coal India arm Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL) plans to bring two new coal mines into production in FY26 which would ramp up its capacity by 10-12 million tonnes per annum, a top official said on Sunday.
The move assumes significance as CCL aims to cross 110 million tonnes production in the current financial year and 150 million tonnes by 2030.
“We have planned to open two new mines this year,” CCL Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) Nilendu Kumar Singh told reporters here.
The company plans to begin the production at Kotre Basantpur block (coking coal mine) with a peak rated capacity of 5 million tonnes (MT) by October. In the case of Chandragupt open cast project (non-coking coal) with a capacity of 15 million tonnes per annum (MTPA), the production is expected to start by March 2026.
The company produced 87.5 million tonnes of coal in FY25, the highest ever in the history of CCL. The CMD said CCL needs to begin the preparation from now to achieve the target of 150 MT by 2030.