Archive · 2 Sep 2026
Coal India Liquidates 55 MT Stocks as August Supplies Rise
Coal India is a company that supplies coal to power plants and other industries.
It sent out more coal in August than it did in the same month last year.
Its total August supplies rose to 60.60 million tonnes.
Power plants received 48.46 million tonnes, while other industries received 12.12 million tonnes.
The company also sent out more coal during the first five months of FY27.
This helped reduce the coal stored near its mines by about 55 million tonnes.
Even after this reduction, about 76 million tonnes remained in storage.
Coal India expects mining and transportation to improve as the heavy rainy season weakens.
Coal India liquidated around 55 million tonnes of pithead coal stocks during the first five months of FY27.
Total coal supplies rose 5.5% year-on-year to 60.60 MT in August, from 57.40 MT a year earlier.
August supplies to the power sector increased 4.5% to 48.46 MT.
Dispatches to non-regulated-sector consumers climbed 9.6% to 12.12 MT in August.
Coal India retained about 76 MT at mine pitheads and plans to increase production and dispatches as heavy rains ease.
- Who
- Coal India Limited, the state-run coal miner.
- What
- It reduced pithead coal stocks by around 55 MT while increasing coal supplies.
- When
- During the first five months of FY27; August supplies were reported separately against August of the previous year.
- Where
- At Coal India’s mine pitheads and across supplies to power and non-regulated-sector consumers.
- Why
- Higher dispatches reduced accumulated stocks, while easing rainfall is expected to support increased production and smoother coal evacuation.
- Pithead stocks liquidated
- Around 55 MT during the first five months of FY27
- Remaining pithead inventory
- Approximately 76 MT
- August total supplies
- 60.60 MT, up 5.5% year-on-year
- August power-sector supplies
- 48.46 MT, up 4.5% year-on-year
- August non-regulated-sector supplies
- 12.12 MT, up 9.6% year-on-year
- April-August FY27 supplies
- 322.90 MT, up 6.7% from 302.60 MT in the same period of FY26