Coal India Ltd., the world’s largest producer, is exploring options to export the fuel amid rising production and mounting stockpiles.
The state-run miner, which produces the bulk of the country’s coal, is “exploring avenues to export” amid record production, Coal Secretary Anil Swarup wrote on Twitter on last week.
Demand from power producers, the company’s biggest customers, has lagged output, leading to rising stockpiles at plants and the company’s own mines. The country has exported the equivalent of 0.2 percent of total production, according to the latest available data.