Amid growing power demand, Coal India (CIL) augmented its coal supplies by 12.5% to 61.20 million tonnes (MT) in September FY 2026-27, compared with 54.40 MT during the corresponding month of the previous fiscal. Supplies to the power sector also registered strong growth of 10.63%, during the month rising to 48.90 MT from 44.20 MT in previous fiscal.

Coal supplies to the non-regulated sector (NRS) also registered robust growth, increasing by 19.41%.

During the month, CIL's coal production grew by 9.18% to 53.50 MT, compared with 49 MT last year.

On a Q-to-Q comparison, CIL's coal supplies a recorded strong growth in second quarter (Q2) of the fiscal when the company increased its coal supplies to 186.04 MT, registering a growth of 12.04% over Q2 of the previous fiscal. As far as supply to power sector is concerned, the second quarter witnessed a growth of 11% over same period in previous fiscal. The company supplied 148.20 MT to power sector compared to 133.50 MT in Q2 last year.

Coal production during Q2 grew by 3.81% to 151.37 MT, as against 145.82 MT during Q2 of the last financial year.

The higher supplies enabled CIL to liquidate around 63 MT of pithead coal stocks during the first six months of FY 2026-27.

With the sustained operational momentum demonstrated during September and Q2 FY 2026 27, CIL remains well positioned to pursue its assigned coal production and supply targets and continue contributing to the energy security of the country on a sustained basis. With the monsoon season over, coal production is expected to further pick up, along with supplies.

CIL has been assigned a coal production target of 815 MT and supply target of 850 MT for the current fiscal.