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Informist, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026

 

--Coal India Sept provisional production 53.5 mln tn, up 9.2% on year 

--Coal India Sept provisional offtake 61.2 mln tn, up 12.5% on year 

--Coal India Apr-Sept provisional production 321 mln tn, down 2.5% on year 

--Coal India Apr-Sept provisional offtake 384.2 mln tn, up 7.6% on year 

 

KOLKATA – With power demand increasing lately, Coal India Ltd. continued to maintain its streak of rising coal sales for the ninth month in a row in September while production picked up after a decline in the past few months. 

 

The world's largest coal miner reported a 12.5% on-year growth in its coal sales to 61.2 million tonnes in September, while production grew 9.2% on year to 53.5 million tonnes. In August, as rains hit its key mining areas, the Maharatna company reported a 5.7% on-year decline in production at 47.5 million tonnes although sales, or offtake grew 5.5% on year to 60.6 million tonnes. 

 

The production and sales growth in the month came in from all of its subsidiaries, barring one, registering an uptick in sales as well as production with the largest two subsidiaries posting good production and offtake growth. 

 

Production at Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd.--the largest subsidiary--increased 22.3% on year to 17.6 million tonnes, and sales grew 15.1% on year to 19.2 million tonnes in September. Production at South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. the second largest subsidiary, increased 6.1% on year to 11.4 million tonnes, and its dispatches, or sales, grew 12.1% on year to 13.6 million tonnes during the month. Coal India is prioritising supplies from these two subsidiaries to feed the thermal power plants, some of which face an acute coal shortage due to logistical constraints. 

 

Eastern Coalfields Ltd., which produces higher quality coal, registered a 14.7% on-year increase in sales to 4.1 million tonnes in September, while production grew 2.5% to 3.5 million tonnes. Western Coalfields, which is primarily tasked with supplying coal to the country's power plants in western part of the country, saw its sales increase sharply by 92.7% on year to 5.8 million tonnes, while production grew 85.5% on year to 4.1 million tonnes. These two subsidiaries have considerably higher number of underground mines compared with other Coal India subsidiaries which produce comparatively higher quality coal than the average grade supplies by Coal India.

 

Central Coalfields, which lately is rushing supplies to the country's northern power plants in face of coal shortages, saw sales rising 32.2% on year to 6.5 million tonnes in September, while production picked up pace by 27.5% on year to 5.7 million tonnes. 

 

However, Northen Coalfields Ltd.'s sales declined 21.3% on year to 8.9 million tonnes in September, and production fell 26.1% to 8.5 million tonnes. The company's listed coal producing subsidiary Bharat Coking Coal, focussed on coking coal mining, saw sales increase 13.4% on year to 3.1 million tonnes, while production grew 20.7% on year to 2.6 million tonnes. 

 

During Apr-Sept, Coal India reported a 7.6% on-year increase in its consolidated sales to 384.2 million tonnes, but production declined 2.5% to 321.0 million tonnes. Coal India is prioritising clearing its unsold inventory at the pithead mines currently. 

 

For the June quarter, Coal India reported a consolidated net profit of INR 88.52 billion on revenues of INR 462.55 billion. At 1441 IST, shares of the company traded nearly 1% higher at INR 425 apiece on the National Stock Exchange.  End

 

IST, or Indian Standard Time, is five-and-a-half hours ahead of GMT

 

Reported by Avishek Rakshit

Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury

 

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