Coal India Ltd Company Summary

Coal India Limited (CIL) is a central public sector enterprise under the Ministry of Coal. The company is headquartered in Kolkata.

Company Overview

Coal India Limited (CIL) is India’s largest coal producer. It works under the Ministry of Coal and has spent five decades supporting the country’s energy needs and growth.

Its vision is to become a global name in the primary energy sector. The company aims to provide energy security through growth that is both environmentally and socially responsible. CIL follows modern, efficient, and sustainable practices to achieve this.

Its mission is to produce and supply coal in a planned, safe, and cost-effective way. The company focuses on quality, efficiency, and eco-friendly operations. To stay future-ready, CIL is expanding into new areas. These include critical minerals, renewable energy, coal gasification, pump storage systems, and thermal power.

Founding & Evolution

• Founded: Set up on 1 November 1975
• Listed year: Launched its IPO on 18 October 2010; got listed on both the BSE and NSE on 4 November 2010.
• Leadership: Mr P M Prasad is the Chairman & Managing Director
• Strategic Acquisitions & Alliances: Acquisition of coking coal assets in the Far East region of Russia. CIL also owns a subsidiary called Coal India Africana Limitada (CIAL). In 2009, it secured a prospecting licence to explore coal blocks in Mozambique’s Tete Province.

Scale and Presence

Coal India is a central public sector enterprise under the Ministry of Coal. The company is headquartered in Kolkata.

• Branches/sites: CIL operates through ten wholly owned subsidiaries. Together, they manage 310 mines across eight Indian states. These mines include opencast, underground, and mixed formats.
• Employees: It is also one of India’s biggest employers, with about 2,72,000 employees. This makes it the 9th largest employer in the country.
• International operations: Development and management of coal and mineral assets abroad in countries like the USA, Russia and Australia.
• Customer base: Industrial clients mainly in the power generation sector. It also serves other sectors like steel and railways.

Business Segments

Coal India deals mainly in coal and coal-based products, including:

• Coking Coal: High in carbon. Used in steelmaking to produce coke.
• Semi-Coking Coal: Lower carbon than coking coal but higher than non-coking. Used in coke production and other industries.
• Non-Coking Coal: Does not have coking properties. Used in thermal power plants, cement plants, and general industries.
• Washed Coal: Coal cleaned through a beneficiation process. It has lower ash and a higher value.
• Middlings: A by-product from the coal washing process. It is a fraction separated from raw coal.
• Rejects: Another by-product of beneficiation. These are portions removed from clean coal and middlings.
• Coke: A key fuel for steelmaking. CIL produces smokeless, eco-friendly LTC Coke through low-temperature carbonisation.
• Other Coal-Based Products: Includes coal tar, hard coke, and several speciality coal products.

Leadership Team

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