Lignite : Production of Lignite


Lignite : Production of Lignite
('000 tonnes)
Year	Neyveli Lignite Corpn. Ltd.	Gujarat Mineral Devp. Corpn. Ltd.	Rajasthan State Mineral Corpn. Ltd.	Total	% change in Neyveli Lig.	% change in Gujarat Min.	% change in total
1970–71	3390			3390
1971–72	3720			3720	9.7		9.7
1972–73	2890			2890	-22.3		-22.3
1973–74	3320			3320	14.9		14.9
1974–75	2940			2940	-11.4		-11.4
1975–76	3030			3030	3.1		3.1
1976–77	4010			4010	32.3		32.3
1977–78	3590			3590	-10.5		-10.5
1978–79	3270			3270	-8.9		-8.9
1979–80	2800	350		3050	-14.4		-6.7
1980–81	4801	303		5104	-13.4	71.5	67.3
1981–82	5876	430		6306	22.4	41.9	23.6
1982–83	6401	531		6932	8.9	23.5	9.9
1983–84	6679	618		7297	4.3	16.4	5.3
1984–85	7248	591		7839	8.5	-4.4	7.4
1985–86	7240	800		8040	-0.1	35.4	2.6
1986–87	8521	1083		9604	17.7	35.4	19.5
1987–88	10151	1115		11266	19.1	3	17.3
1988–89	11406	1184		12590	12.4	6.2	11.8
1989–90	11236	1611		12847	-1.5	36.1	2
1990–91	11759	2313		14072	4.7	43.6	9.5
1991–92	12718	3269		15987	8.2	41.3	13.6
1992–93	13311	3310		16621	4.7	1.3	4
1993–94	3860	14238		18098	7	16.6	8.9
1994–95	15464	3846		19310	8.6	-0.4	6.7
1995–96	17205	4941		22146	11.3	28.5	14.7
1996–97	17456	5184		22640	1.5	4.9	2.2
1997–98	18109	4943		23052	3.7	-4.6	1.8
1998–99	18168	5002	249	23419	0.3	1.2	1.6
1999–00	17551	4351	222	22124	-3.4	-13	-5.5
Source : CMIE, April 2001