To meet its full year target, Coal India (CIL) will have to work fast to mine more than 150 million tonne in the fourth quarter of 2012-13. In the first three quarters (April-December 2012), the public sector company mined 308.89 million tonne.
The whole year production target is set at 464.10 million tonne. CIL is under constant pressure to mine more coal to meet increasing demand from several sectors, especially thermal power generation stations.