Coal India’s provisional exchange filing shows production rose 0.7% to 388.2 million tonnes in April-October 2026, while October output alone climbed 19.3%, a sharp difference between the monthly result and the seven-month trend.
The miner produced 67.2 million tonnes in October, compared with 56.4 million tonnes a year earlier. October offtake reached 70.3 million tonnes, up 18.7% from 59.2 million tonnes. For April-October, offtake totaled 454.6 million tonnes, a 9.2% increase from 416.2 million tonnes.
The cumulative production comparison moved from a decline through September to a small gain in the seven-month period. Coal India’s September production update put April-September output at 321 million tonnes, down 2.5% year over year. The latest filing gives April-October production as 388.2 million tonnes, compared with 385.5 million tonnes in the same period a year earlier.
Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) produced 2.86 million tonnes of raw coal in October, up 7.1% from 2.67 million tonnes a year earlier. Its April-October production fell 9.7% to 16.64 million tonnes from 18.42 million tonnes.
Production also differed among Coal India’s subsidiaries. Mahanadi Coalfields Limited produced 20.8 million tonnes in October, a 25.3% increase year over year. Northern Coalfields Limited produced 11.4 million tonnes, down 4.3%.
CNBC-TV18 quoted an unnamed senior official as saying the company was “on the cusp of seeing stock accretion” at power plant ends and pit head. The comment was reported by CNBC-TV18 and was not included in Coal India’s exchange filing.
