India’s Coal Production Jumped by 14% in June

India’s coal production jumped by 14.5% from a year earlier to 84.63 million tons in June, provisional government figures showed, as the world’s second-largest coal consumer presses ahead with a plan to boost domestic thermal coal output.   Last month, Coal India Ltd – which accounts for about 80% of all coal production in the country – saw its output rise to 63.10 million tons, up by 8.9% compared to June 2023. In addition, Indian companies and thermal power plants raised the volumes of coal stocks they held in…