Covid-19 crisis: Coal India sales fall at fastest pace in at least 6 years



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Customer acquisition as power generators fell 25.5% to 39.06mt, the world’s largest coal miner said on Friday. Production fell 10.9% to 40.38 million tons.

Reuters

Updated:May 1, 2020 9:08 PM IST

Covid-19 crisis: Coal India sales fall at fastest pace in at least 6 years
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Chennai Coal India Ltd’s sales to customers fell by more than a quarter in April, the highest rate of decline in at least six years, it said on Friday, as demand for electricity fell due to a national blockade.

Customer acquisition as power generators fell 25.5% to 39.06mt, the world’s largest coal miner said on Friday. Production fell 10.9% to 40.38 million tons.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has imposed the world’s largest blockade since March 25 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. On Friday, India extended the 40-day blockade another two weeks after May 4, but allowed “considerable relaxation.”

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