Coal India announced on April 1 a price hike of ₹10 per tonne for both coking and non-coking coal, effective from April 16.The state-run company said that its board had approved the increase in the “notified price of coal by Rs 10 per tonne, from the current Rs 10 per tonne to Rs 20 per tonne for non-coking coal and Rs 10 per tonne for coking coal, for both regulated and non-regulated sectors across CIL, towards contributing to the corpus of CMPS-1998.” Coal India contributes to over 80 percent of domestic coal production.
In the meantime, Coal India produced 781.1 million tonnes (MT) of coal in 2024-25, which is nearly 7 percent less than the target for the fiscal year. The company’s coal production target for 2024-25 had been set at 838 MT.
However, Coal India’s coal production in FY25 saw a slight growth of 1 percent compared to the previous year, as stated in a regulatory filing. The company also reported a 3.1 percent decline in production for March 2025, with output falling to 85.8 million tonnes from 88.6 MT in March 2024.
