Coal India October Business Update: Production and offtake rise nearly 19%

State-owned Coal India Ltd on Sunday reported a 19.3% year-on-year increase in provisional coal production to 67.2 million tonnes in October 2026, compared with 56.4 million tonnes in the same month last year. Coal offtake rose 18.7% to 70.3 million tonnes from 59.2 million tonnes a year ago.
The company said cumulative coal production during April-October FY27 stood at 388.2 million tonnes, up 0.7% from 385.5 million tonnes in the corresponding period last year. Cumulative offtake for the April-October period increased 9.2% to 454.6 million tonnes from 416.2 million tonnes in the year-ago period.

Subsidiary-wise coal productionAmong Coal India's subsidiaries, Western Coalfields Limited recorded the highest year-on-year growth in October production at 64.7%, with output rising to 5.9 million tonnes from 3.6 million tonnes. Central Coalfields Ltd reported a 26.1% increase in production to 7.3 million tonnes, while Eastern Coalfields Ltd recorded a 27.9% rise to 4.6 million tonnes.
Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd produced 20.8 million tonnes, up 25.3% from 16.6 million tonnes. South Eastern Coalfields Ltd reported a 17.4% increase to 14.3 million tonnes, while Bharat Coking Coal Ltd recorded a 7.1% rise to 2.9 million tonnes. Northern Coalfields Ltd reported a 4.3% decline in production to 11.4 million tonnes from 12 million tonnes.

North Eastern Coalfields produced 0.03 million tonnes against 0.01 million tonnes in October last year. For April-October FY27, cumulative production increased 21.1% at CCL to 42.7 million tonnes, while ECL recorded a 12.3% rise to 26.9 million tonnes.
WCL's production grew 15.9% to 33 million tonnes and SECL's output increased 7.5% to 91.2 million tonnes. MCL's cumulative production declined 4.2% to 108.4 million tonnes, while NCL recorded a 14.6% fall to 69.4 million tonnes. BCCL's production declined 9.8% to 16.6 million tonnes.

Subsidiary-wise offtakeOn the offtake front, CCL recorded the highest growth among the subsidiaries in October, with volumes rising 44.7% year-on-year to 8 million tonnes. WCL's offtake increased 50.2% to 6.7 million tonnes, while ECL reported a 35.1% rise to 4.9 million tonnes.
SECL's offtake increased 19.5% to 15.6 million tonnes, while MCL reported a 13% rise to 20.6 million tonnes. BCCL's offtake grew 11% to 3.3 million tonnes. NCL recorded a 1.1% decline in October offtake to 11.2 million tonnes, while NEC reported nil offtake against nil in the corresponding month last year.

For April-October FY27, cumulative offtake increased 29.6% at CCL to 50.6 million tonnes, while WCL recorded a 25.5% rise to 41.6 million tonnes. ECL's offtake grew 23.6% to 32.2 million tonnes and SECL reported an 8.4% increase to 105.4 million tonnes.
MCL's cumulative offtake increased 8.7% to 131.8 million tonnes, while NCL recorded a 7.9% decline to 73.1 million tonnes. BCCL's offtake declined 0.9% to 19.9 million tonnes. NEC's cumulative offtake stood at 0.1 million tonnes, down 33.3% year-on-year.

The provisional figures are based on the Enterprise Resource Planning report generated on November 1, 2026. On Friday , shares of Coal India Ltd ended at ₹389.45, down by ₹4.05, or 1.03%, on the BSE.