November 1, 2026 - Coal India Ltd (CIL) on Sunday said its coal production rose 19.3 percent year-on-year to 67.2 million tonnes (MT) in October.

The state-owned miner had produced 56.4 MT in the same month last year, according to provisional data filed with the stock exchanges.

Offtake in October stood at 70.3 MT, up 18.7 percent from 59.2 MT a year ago.

For the April-October period of 2026-27, CIL's production inched up 0.7 percent to 388.2 MT from 385.5 MT in the year-ago period. Offtake during the seven months grew 9.2 percent to 454.6 MT from 416.2 MT.

Among the subsidiaries, Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) recorded the highest production in October at 20.8 MT, up 25.3 percent. South Eastern Coalfields Ltd (SECL) produced 14.3 MT, a rise of 17.4 percent.

Western Coalfields Ltd (WCL) posted the sharpest growth, with output rising 64.7 percent to 5.9 MT. Eastern Coalfields Ltd (ECL) produced 4.6 MT, up 27.9 percent, while Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL) output rose 26.1 percent to 7.3 MT.

Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL) produced 2.9 MT, up 7.1 percent. Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL) was the only major subsidiary to report a decline, with production falling 4.3 percent to 11.4 MT.

On the offtake front, WCL logged a 50.2 percent jump to 6.7 MT in October, while CCL's offtake rose 44.7 percent to 8.0 MT. ECL's offtake increased 35.1 percent to 4.9 MT. MCL dispatched 20.6 MT, up 13.0 percent, and SECL 15.6 MT, up 19.5 percent. NCL's offtake dipped 1.1 percent to 11.2 MT.

In the April-October period, production declined at NCL 14.6 percent, MCL 4.2 percent and BCCL 9.8 percent, while WCL, CCL and ECL posted growth of 15.9 percent, 21.1 percent and 12.3 percent, respectively.

In a separate filing, CIL said that under the Single Window Mode Agnostic (SWMA) e-auction, it offered 12.92 MT of coal in October and allocated 11.80 MT, or 91 percent of the quantity offered. The coal fetched an average premium of 140 percent over the notified price.

NCL realized the highest premium in October at 283 percent, with its entire offered quantity of 0.21 MT allocated. NEC followed with 209 percent, then MCL at 181 percent, SECL at 162 percent and ECL at 132 percent. BCCL recorded the lowest premium at 29 percent.

MCL, the largest seller, allocated 4.31 MT of the 4.49 MT it offered (96 percent), while SECL allocated 2.73 MT of 2.99 MT (91 percent). ECL had the lowest allocation rate at 67 percent.

For April-October of 2026-27, CIL offered 155.11 MT through e-auctions and allocated 68.90 MT, or 44 percent, at an average premium of 68 percent over the notified price.