India, Sept. 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Captive mines have been a mainstay of coal production, and their output has grown steadily. Production from captive mines rose from 167.44 MT in FY 2024-25 to 184 MT in FY 2025-26, a growth of 10.10%. Along with commercial mines, which produced ~26 MT, the captive and commercial segment together accounted for 210 MT in FY 2025-26 against 190.95 MT the previous year. Captive and Commercial mines account for about 21% of total domestic coal production, which stood at 1,039 MT in FY 2025-26 and has remained above one billion tonnes for the second year running.
The performance has carried into the current year. Captive mines produced 68.98 MT up to 10 September 2026, against 65....