Coal India Ltd - Stock Valuation and Financial Performance

BSE: 533278 | NSE: COALINDIA | Mining & Minerals | Large Cap

Coal India Share Price

375.40 -7.80 -2.04%
as on 27-Jan'25 16:59

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Overall Rating
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1. Quality

2. Valuation

Somewhat overvalued

3. Price Trend

Coal India stock performance -

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P/E Ratio (CD):
6.72
Market Cap:
2,31,348.8 Cr.
52-wk low:
361.3
52-wk high:
544.7

Is Coal India Ltd an attractive stock to invest in?

1. Is Coal India Ltd a good quality company?

Past 10 year's financial track record analysis by Moneyworks4me indicates that Coal India Ltd is a good quality company.

2. Is Coal India Ltd undervalued or overvalued?

The key valuation ratios of Coal India Ltd's currently when compared to its past seem to suggest it is in the Somewhat overvalued zone.

3. Is Coal India Ltd a good buy now?

The Price Trend analysis by MoneyWorks4Me indicates it is Weak which suggest that the price of Coal India Ltd is likely to Fall in the short term. However, please check the rating on Quality and Valuation before investing.

10 Year X-Ray of Coal India:

Analysis of Financial Track Record

Data adjusted to bonus, split, extra-ordinary income, rights issue and change in financial year end
Data adjusted to bonus, split, extra-ordinary income, rights issue and change in financial year end

Data adjusted to bonus, split, extra-ordinary income, rights issue and change in financial year end.

Financial track record gives insight into the company's performance on key parameters over the past ten years. MoneyWorks4me’s proprietary colour codes make it easy for retail investors to gauge the company’s past performance.
Coal India Ltd has performed well in majority of the past ten years indicating its past ten year financial track record is very good

Value Creation

Value Creation Index Colour Code Guide

Mar'15Mar'16Mar'17Mar'18Mar'19Mar'20Mar'21Mar'22Mar'23Mar'24TTM
ROCE % 51.8%56.9%46.8%45.5%108.7%73.1%46.1%54.4%78.9%64.5%-
Value Creation
Index
3.64.13.23.08.75.53.13.86.04.7-

Growth Parameters

Growth Parameters Colour Code Guide

Sales 92,2701,04,6421,19,26485,47699,95996,28390,2331,09,9411,38,5061,42,6131,27,064
Sales YoY Gr.-13.4%14%-28.3%16.9%-3.7%-6.3%21.8%26%3%-
Adj EPS 21.722.61511.328.427.120.628.251.660.755.9
YoY Gr.-4%-33.8%-24.5%150.9%-4.3%-24.1%36.8%82.9%17.7%-
BVPS (₹) 63.955.239.532.542.952.259.37098.7134.2156.1
Adj Net
Profit
13,73214,2839,2847,01717,47216,72312,69617,37431,77237,38634,437
Cash Flow from Ops. 14,38213,15416,46121,11516,3564,97710,59241,10735,73418,103-
Debt/CF from Ops. 00.10.20.10.11.30.60.10.10.4-

CAGR

CAGR Colour Code Guide

9 Years 5 Years 3 Years 1 Years
Sales 5%7.4%16.5%3%
Adj EPS 12.1%16.4%43.3%17.7%
BVPS8.6%25.6%31.3%36%
Share Price -0.2% 14.7% 32.4% -3.6%

Key Financial Parameters

Performance Ratio Colour Code Guide

Mar'15Mar'16Mar'17Mar'18Mar'19Mar'20Mar'21Mar'22Mar'23Mar'24TTM
Return on
Equity %
33.23831.331.474.957.13743.661.152.138.5
Op. Profit
Mgn %
18.316.89.910.22522.420.422.529.329.236.7
Net Profit
Mgn %
14.913.77.88.217.517.414.115.822.926.227.1
Debt to
Equity
000.10.10.10.20.20.10.10.1-
Working Cap
Days
120133136138125158207179154170157
Cash Conv.
Cycle
48444119-15-327135971

Recent Performance Summary

Sales growth is growing at healthy rate in last 3 years 16.48%

Net Profit is growing at healthy rate in last 3 years 43.33%

Return on Equity has declined versus last 3 years average to 38.50%

Sales growth is not so good in last 4 quarters at -3.32%

Latest Financials - Coal India Ltd.

Standalone Consolidated
TTM EPS (₹) 27.9 55.9
TTM Sales (₹ Cr.) 191 1,27,064
BVPS (₹.) 29.9 156.1
Reserves (₹ Cr.) 12,284 90,034
P/BV 12.54 2.40
PE 13.45 6.72
From the Market
52 Week Low / High (₹) 361.30 / 544.70
All Time Low / High (₹) 109.50 / 544.70
Market Cap (₹ Cr.) 2,31,349
Equity (₹ Cr.) 6,162.7
Face Value (₹) 10
Industry PE 12.9

Management X-Ray of Coal India:

Shareholding Pattern

Promoter's Holding & Share Pledging

Pledged *0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
* Pledged shares as % of Promoter's holding (%)

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Analyst's Notes

Coal India: Result snapshot - 14 Aug 2021

Results: Coal India reported 37% growth in sales and 82% growth in Operating profit from previous year on low base. Comparing with FY19 numbers, it reported 2% growth in sales. Dividend yield is 8.7% p.a.

MoneyWorks4me Opinion: Sectors or companies reporting flat or declining sales are at risk of experiencing declining cash flows sooner or later. Coal India is in sector which will decline at a steady rate over next 10-15-20 years. In such companies, returns comes from high dividend yield as cash flows are paid out to shareholders but the downside risk comes from drop in stock price as market may anticipate decline faster than actual decline. We have seen this happening in paper or newspaper industry.

Companies like Coal India and Ongc may experience similar fate. We would advise against investing in them even if they are cheap as bulk of the current fair value assumes consistent high dividend payout on current numbers and zero terminal value at a later date. If cash flows decline, dividend yield will drop thereby lowering current fair value. So such companies can face their fair value coming down every year.  

We recommend SELL on companies like Coal India, Oil India and ONGC. This doesn’t mean they can’t earn good returns, but the risk is too high for such return and with several better opportunities available, we recommend to give it a pass.

Coal India SELL; Below Expectations - 15 May 2018

Our hypothesis while recommending Coal India was that increase in power generation will lead to increase in coal pick up and thus increase in Coal India’s revenues.

We expected even if Coal prices come down, the increase in volumes will compensate lower realization. However, it looks like Coal India is not reinvesting enough to increase its production.

Since our purchase of Coal India at 285-320, the stock has given Rs. 36/share in dividends. As on date stock trades at 270/share, the stock has not generated any returns since our call.

We recommend SELL and suggest to switch to better opportunity.

 

P.S. A portfolio must be held for the long term, which we define as at least 3-5 years atleast. However, this does not mean every stock will perform in each year. Our performance should be judged on the basis of the overall portfolio over 3-5 years at least, not on the basis of short-term performance of individual stocks. Diversified portfolio is a must for success in equity investing. Don't pick and choose but buy every opportunity as recommended. Uninvested cash should be parked in money market/liquid funds/fixed deposits earning 6-7% pre-tax returns.

Coal India: Market getting influenced by short term numbers - 14 Dec 2016

Coal India has near monopoly in coal supply to power and non-power players in the country. More than 80% of coal is consumed in power generation. The company has one of the low cost operations across the world. However, the prices of Coal are regulated based on grade of coal, demand and international prices.

Currently, thermal power companies are operating at below sub-70% utilization on an average. The primary reason behind the lower utilization is lack of demand from SEBs which are in restructuring process under UDAY scheme. We expect the SEB demand to inch up over 12-18-24 months.

Coal India has seen fall in volumes in recent quarters due to high imported inventory with power generation companies. At the time when the international coal prices are inching upwards, Coal India realizations are not moving up due to 1-2 Quarter lags. Also, the anticipated wage hike further aggravated the decline earnings. This is worrying most of the analysts on the street. We understand their concern in short term.

But when we see over long term, we believe that power generation companies will operate at 80-85% utilization. Our optimism stems from the fact that Rural electrification is going on at accelerated pace and SEBs will soon be out of the woods once state takeover the debt burden from them. The rise in electricity demand will help in volume growth. The government has given Coal India an ambitious target of 1 billion tonnes i.e.15% CAGR over FY2020. We do not incorporate steep targets in our valuation. We assumed conservative estimates of volume growth of 7% CAGR based on growth in generation capacity and utilization growth. As the economic revival happens, the non-power demand going up with help improve blended realization per tonne. Non-power coal sales happen on e-auction basis which is at 20-30% higher realization. Higher volumes along with improved realization is likely lead to earnings growth of 10-12% earnings growth over 3-4 years due to favourable operating leverage. Adding cash ~60/share, we get MRP of ~400-440 at price to earnings of 12x. Add to it dividend yield of 4-5% we would likely get 14-15% CAGR over 3-4 years. The stock currently trades at 10-12x EPS. We do not see major downside over long term.

We are recommending allocation of 5% of overall portfolio. Please do not exceed the recommended allocation. The company has already given dividend of Rs. 27/share since our BUY call in Feb’16. Time your purchase with our 50%-70%-100% BUY notifications.

A portfolio must be held for the long term, which we define as at least 5-7 years. However, this does not mean every stock will perform in each year. Our performance should be judged on the basis of the overall portfolio over 2-3 years at least, not on the basis of short-term performance of individual stocks.

Coal India: Interim Dividend of Rs 27.4/share - 14 Mar 2016

Please note Coal India has paid Rs27.4/share in interim dividend. At our average buy price of Rs. 295-300/share, the returns are 9-9.5% from Coal India. Please check your bank account for dividends.

Reason for change in Valuation - 28 Jan 2014

On 14th January 2014 Coal India board of directors declared an Interim dividend of Rs 29. The ostensible reason to do this was the demand made by its largest shareholder i.e. President of India to meet the fiscal deficit target set by the Honourable Finance Minister. While the initial plan to meet this target was primarily through disinvestment of Government stake through FPO, given the strong opposition from workers union against further disinvestment, the Government used this route.

Contrary to most other Investment houses we are extremely positive on Mining and Minerals Company, given that they have surplus investable cash and low level of debts. This gives huge flexibility to management in buying out financially distressed but operationally strong assets around the world whenever the commodity is passing through a cyclical recession. However, while Coal India has the necessary financial capability it does not have the nimble footedness and agility needed to move in when a prospective asset is identified.

Nevertheless, the recent foray of other PSU mining companies like NMDC, ONGC, BPCL in buying foreign assets, allows us to believe that policy makers realise that India must emulate the Chinese experience in taking stake in foreign mining asset to ensure energy and mineral security for the country. However Indian government decision to use cash in the balance sheet of Coal India to fund its fiscal deficit targets points to a start of a very bad precedent. To put it in perspective Coal India TTM EPS is close to Rs. 26.27 and with an Interim dividend of Rs. 29, its dividend payout for this year is already above 100%. The right question to ask hence is:

Is this a one off event? At first glance it does appear to be a one off. However we believe that fiscal deficit problem has largely been structural in nature and is a direct result of social welfare policies pursued by Government of India. Most of these policies were framed assuming a sustainable 8-9% GDP growth rate with benign levels of Inflation (4-5%) which would indicate that tax revenues can keep growing at a healthy pace of 12-14% on an average. But with economy slowing down to 4-5% and high levels of sticky CPI at 9-10% most of these social problems like MNREGA, Fuel subsidy and Food subsidy, clearly look unsustainable at its current size.

While the dividend route has been recent and there is a good reason to think it will not be yearly feature, it must be noted that this is not the first time the government has resorted to such measures. Over last few years the most prominent way of bridging fiscal deficit has been

  • Disinvestment of government share in PSU companies.
  • Sale of regulated assets like Spectrum

We believe that with this action government has added another arsenal to its list of how it plans to meet its fiscal deficit targets. This means from time to time Government will resort to such kind of asset stripping but not necessarily just of Coal India.

Silver lining to the dark cloud: Despite of the use of cash by government to fund its own fiscal deficit target, the nature of the method is not what one would call siphoning of cash. By using dividend method as a route (we prefer buyback generally to dividend route) it has at least seen to it that the interest of minority investor is not short changed in the process. Minority investors have equally benefited from the dividend announced by Coal India.  One must just expect such kind of high dividend as non-periodic but recurring feature in future (we believe these steps are more likely in cash rich PSU companies during bearish periods of market and when there is strong opposition to divestment especially from Unions).

Summary: Neither do we believe this to be one off event nor we think this is a case of siphoning off money. However we do recognise that government would resort to such methods even in future. Till dividend or buyback is the preferred route we do not think that this raises a corporate governance issue. Nevertheless one has to recognize the fact that:

  • Asset Stripping has been done.
  • This is going to lead to slower growth than what could be possible given the size of surplus cash on Coal India balance sheet (Coal India's ability to use its cash need not necessarily be argued on just its inability in doing so until now, but also by the fact that Coal assets world over have not been cheap over the last few years)

As a result we are as of now decreasing our MRP by Rs 29 in direct proportion to the high interim dividend declared by Coal India while keeping our Margin of Safety constant at 30%.

Key Ratios of Coal India

Adj EPS (Rs.)

Sales (Cr.)

ROE (%)

ROCE (%)

Profit And Loss

(All Figures are in Crores.)
PARTICULARSMar'15Mar'16Mar'17Mar'18Mar'19Mar'20Mar'21Mar'22Mar'23Mar'24
Sales92,2701,04,6421,19,26485,47699,95996,28390,2331,09,9411,38,5061,42,613
Operating Expenses 75,39187,0651,07,53376,74574,99474,70371,84985,24897,9581,00,948
Manufacturing Costs27,38330,66832,56623,52924,70324,86427,73132,62141,51044,010
Material Costs-530-1,444-1,2381,679856-982-2,0692,412-199-1,522
Employee Cost 29,86330,12733,52342,62238,77339,40438,59240,47349,41048,783
Other Costs 18,67627,71542,6828,91410,66211,4167,5949,7427,2379,676
Operating Profit 16,87917,57811,7318,73224,96521,58018,38424,69340,54941,665
Operating Profit Margin (%) 18.3%16.8%9.8%10.2%25.0%22.4%20.4%22.5%29.3%29.2%
Other Income 7,0347,0766,0335,5315,8786,4463,9893,90210,25114,275
Interest 9388410430264503642541684819
Depreciation 2,3202,8262,9073,0633,4503,4513,7184,4296,8336,735
Exceptional Items 0000000000
Profit Before Tax 21,58421,44014,44610,77027,12724,07118,00923,61643,27548,813
Tax 7,8577,1725,1653,7329,6627,3715,3076,23811,55211,443
Profit After Tax 13,72714,2689,2827,03817,46416,70012,70217,37831,72337,369
PAT Margin (%) 14.9%13.6%7.8%8.2%17.5%17.3%14.1%15.8%22.9%26.2%
Adjusted EPS (₹)21.722.615.011.328.327.120.628.251.560.7
Dividend Payout Ratio (%)95%121%133%146%46%44%78%60%47%42%

Balance Sheet

(All Figures are in Crores.)
PARTICULARSMar'15Mar'16Mar'17Mar'18Mar'19Mar'20Mar'21Mar'22Mar'23Mar'24

Equity and Liabilities

Shareholders Fund 40,39934,83324,51820,17926,45532,15736,51743,14360,84382,730
Share Capital 6,3166,3166,2076,2076,1636,1636,1636,1636,1636,163
Reserves 34,08328,51718,31113,97120,29225,99430,35536,98054,68076,567
Minority Interest66105346362408394441674771852
Debt4021,1923,0081,5312,2036,4265,8753,3024,1066,280
Long Term Debt2022632951,0541,4721,9932,6883,3024,1065,617
Short Term Debt2009292,7134777304,4333,18700663
Trade Payables9213,2973,8846,9749,4187,2518,4738,6048,5498,386
Others Liabilities 66,84071,35683,32691,06990,2691,00,4821,06,4071,20,3871,45,3471,36,283
Total Liabilities 1,08,6281,10,7841,15,0821,20,1161,28,7521,46,7091,57,7131,76,1092,19,6162,34,531

Fixed Assets

Gross Block44,80823,41427,69636,06844,22651,38160,09368,06192,0651,09,049
Accumulated Depreciation27,5092,6825,5178,49411,60814,59717,68821,38427,51733,381
Net Fixed Assets17,29920,73122,17927,57432,61836,78442,40546,67764,54775,668
CWIP 5,1595,90410,30310,2739,6588,32810,49012,89717,62218,960
Investments 2,8132,9061,4831,7043,1701,9735,9508,9217,1397,110
Inventories6,1847,5698,9456,4445,5846,6188,9477,0768,15510,177
Trade Receivables8,52211,44812,4766,2585,49914,40819,62311,36813,06013,256
Cash Equivalents 47,26938,01531,14931,28031,12428,44917,31029,96539,92230,235
Others Assets21,38224,21028,54636,58441,10050,15052,98759,20669,17079,124
Total Assets 1,08,6281,10,7841,15,0821,20,1161,28,7521,46,7091,57,7131,76,1092,19,6162,34,531

Cash Flow

(All Figures are in Crores.)
PARTICULARSMar'15Mar'16Mar'17Mar'18Mar'19Mar'20Mar'21Mar'22Mar'23Mar'24
Cash Flow From Operating Activity 14,38213,15416,46121,11516,3564,97710,59241,10735,73418,103
PBT 21,58421,43914,44510,77027,12924,07118,00923,61643,27548,813
Adjustment 1,7212,2604,5892,7703,9804,6093,8826,328-443-2,799
Changes in Working Capital 649-2670636915007-4975-18288-5872167202652-16184
Tax Paid -9,572-7,875-8,942-7,433-9,778-5,415-5,426-5,558-9,750-11,727
Cash Flow From Investing Activity 8948,154455-7,747-7,8961,033182-25,715-23,465-4,486
Capex -4,901-5,786-8,676-8,529-6,448-5,589-10,852-11,996-15,211-16,750
Net Investments 5098,9055,667-1,551-4,5933,5018,818-14,817-10,9389,317
Others 5,2875,0353,4642,3343,1443,1212,2161,0992,6842,947
Cash Flow From Financing Activity -15,026-19,587-17,598-13,564-10,885-4,791-8,453-13,441-13,704-13,899
Net Proceeds from Shares 0000000000
Net Proceeds from Borrowing 026133760-4181,252-69508041,501
Interest Paid -7-21-31-37-12-69-196-85-138-224
Dividend Paid -15,596-17,307-12,353-10,220-8,113-7,394-7,706-10,783-14,328-15,098
Others 578-2,521-5,247-4,068-2,3421,420144-2,573-43-78
Net Cash Flow 2501,721-682-196-2,4261,2192,3211,951-1,436-282
PARTICULARSMar'15Mar'16Mar'17Mar'18Mar'19Mar'20Mar'21Mar'22Mar'23Mar'24
Ratios
ROE (%)33.1737.9531.2831.4974.956.9936.9943.6361.0152.06
ROCE (%)51.8256.8546.7545.48108.7373.0846.0654.3878.9164.47
Asset Turnover Ratio0.931.011.111.111.191.030.880.9710.91
PAT to CFO Conversion(x)1.050.921.7730.940.30.832.371.130.48
Working Capital Days
Receivable Days31333526152646352223
Inventory Days22232421151621181416
Payable Days-594-533-1,0581,1803,494-3,099-1,3871,2920-2,031

Coal India Ltd Stock News

Coal India Ltd FAQs

Company share prices are keep on changing according to the market conditions. The closing price of Coal India on 27-Jan-2025 16:59 is ₹375.4.
Market capitalization or market cap is determined by multiplying the current market price of a company's shares with the total number of shares outstanding. As of 27-Jan-2025 16:59 the market cap of Coal India stood at ₹2,31,348.8.
The latest P/E ratio of Coal India as of 27-Jan-2025 16:59 is 13.45.
The latest P/B ratio of Coal India as of 27-Jan-2025 16:59 is 12.54.
The 52-week high of Coal India is ₹544.7 and the 52-week low is ₹361.3.
The TTM revenue is Trailing Twelve Months sales. The TTM revenue/sales of Coal India is ₹190.7 ( Cr.) .

About Coal India Ltd

Coal India Limited (CIL) the state owned coal mining corporate came into being in November 1975. With a modest production of 79 Million Tonnes (MTs) at the year of its inception, CIL today is the single largest coal producer in the world. CIL is a Maharatna company - a privileged status conferred by Government of India to select state owned enterprises in order to empower them to expand their operations and emerge as global giants.

Business area of the company

The company is mainly engaged in mining and production of Coal and also operates Coal washeries. The major consumers of the company are power and steel sectors. Consumers from other sectors include cement, fertilisers, brick kilns etc.

Products and Services

  • Coking coal
  • Semi coking coal
  • Non-coking coal
  • Washed and beneficiated coal
  • Middlings
  • Rejects
  • CIL coke / LTC coke
  • Coal fines / coke fines
  • Tar / heavy oil / light oil / soft pitch

Awards

2006-07:

  • Conferred with the ‘Enterprise Excellence Award 2007’ by the Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering.
  • Award of ‘Mini Ratna’ status by the Department of Public Enterprises, GoI, to the Company and to MCL, NCL, SECL and WCL.

2007-08:

  • Award of ‘Mini Ratna’ status by the Department of Public Enterprises, GoI, to CCL

2008-09:

  • Conferred with the ‘SCOPE Gold Trophy 2007-08 for excellence and outstanding contribution to the Public Sector Management’
  • Conferred with the ‘World’s Largest Coal Producing Company’ Award at the first Dalal Street Investment Journal PSU Awards, 2009.
  • Ranked among the top five finalists in the 11th Anniversary of Platts Global Energy Awards 2009, in the ‘Energy Producer of the Year’ category.
  • Award of ‘Navratna’ status to the company by the Department of Public Enterprises, GoI, for its operational efficiency and financial strength, which affords greater operational freedom and autonomy in decision making

2009-10:

  • Award of ‘Mini Ratna’ status by the Department of Public Enterprises, GoI, to CMPDIL- Chairman and Managing Director of the Company, Partha S. Bhattacharyya, was conferred with the ‘CEO with HR Orientation’ Award by the Council of World HRD Congress at the Global HR Excellence Awards Ceremony 2010.

2010-11:

  • Coal India bagged a prestigious international award in Geneva

2011-12:

  • The Maharatna coal mining monolith was awarded ‘IPE CSR Corporate Governance Award 2012’ for its outstanding achievement in Corporate Social Responsibility. 
  • Coal India Limited was named to 'Platts Top 250 Global Energy Company Rankings' for 2012 for having distinguished itself through its remarkable performance last year.

2012-13:

  • CIL bags 1st prize in the corporate offices category for best implementation of Official Language policy of the Union by Town Official Language Implementation Committee(TOLIC) (PSU), Kolkata on the occasion of prize distribution ceremony-cum-Half yearly meeting 
  • The Maharatna coal mining PSU was conferred with two Corporate Social Responsibility Awards

2014-15:

  • Bagged the coveted Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2015 award.
  • Conferred the 'Fastest Growing Award' in the India Today PSU Awards event held in Delhi.

2017-18: 

  • Coal India wins award for ‘innovative use of fully automated tendering process.’

2018-19:

  • ‘BEST team’ award in EDPM (Executive Diploma in Project Management)
  • Coal India Limited (Northern Coalfields Limited) has been awarded Third Best CPSE in terms of procurement Value through Govt e Market (GeM)

2019-20:

  • CIL Bags ‘Public Sector Of India’ Award
  • CIL bags CSR Award For Rural Development
  • CIL awarded for its innovation in procurement process

Milestones

  • 1973-74: Nationalization of coal mines, in order to provide for a higher growth in coal sector to meet the growing energy needs of the country.
  • 1973-74: Incorporation of the Company as ‘Coal Mines Authority Limited.
  • 1975-76: Change of name of the company to ‘Coal India Limited’.
  • 1975-76: Incorporation of CMPDIL, ECL and WCL, and formation of BCCL, CCL, CMPDIL, ECL and WCL, as its subsidiaries.
  • 1979-80: Construction of the low temperature carbonized plant started in Dankuni Coal Complex.
  • 1979-80: The pricing policy of CMPDIL was reviewed to ensure that the company was working on a commercial line instead of working on ‘no profit no loss’ basis.
  • 1980-81: Construction of five new washeries: Moonidih washery, Ramgarh washery, Mohuda washery, Barora washery, Kedla washery.
  • 1980-81: Overall production of coal by the Company and its subsidiaries crossed 100 million tonnes.
  • 1981-82: Introduction of retention prices of coal by amending the Colliery Control Order, 1945 by notification dated March 31, 1982, in respect of its Subsidiaries.
  • 1985-86: Formation of NCL and SECL as Subsidiaries of the Company, to manage certain mines managed by WCL and CCL.
  • 1987-88: ‘Blasting Gallery Method’ introduced at East Katras mine under BCCL and Chora mine under ECL.
  • 1992-93: Formation of MCL as its Subsidiary to manage mines Talcher and IB valley in the state of Orissa.
  • 1995-96: Approval of a financial restructuring package by the Government, whereby Rs 891.7 crore of interest liability was waived, Rs 904.18 crore of plan loan repayment arrears was converted to preference equity and Rs 432.64 crore of non plan payment arrears were allowed a moratorium for repayment and interest accrual for a period of three years, to be repaid in three equal instalments.
  • 1996-97: Rating of ‘A+’, indicating adequate safety with regard to timely payment of interest and principal, awarded by CRISIL in respect of the Rs. 400.0 crore bond issue by the Company.
  • 1996-97: Adoption of financial viability as the basis for approval of coal development projects.
  • 1996-97: Discontinuation of retention prices scheme and the Coal Price Regulation Account (CPRA), with the deregulation in prices of certain grades of coal.
  • 1997-98: Corporatization of the financial flow between the Company and Subsidiaries, such that the Company is to receive only dividends under applicable policy from its Subsidiaries and the corpus of the Company was to be utilized to provide strategic support to a loss making entity only for, maintaining their productive capital assets.
  • 1997-98: Sanction of loan of $1.03 billion from the World Bank and the Japanese Bank for International Co-operation for implementing 24 highly viable open case projects with global sourcing of equipments, of which $84.40 million was availed during the period between Fiscal 1998 to Fiscal 2004.
  • 2001-02: Laying down of a minimum internal rate of return of 12% at 85% capacity utilization as cut off for the development of a project.
  • 2005-06: Rating of ‘AAA/Stable’, indicating highest degree of safety with regard to timely payment of interest and principal, awarded by CRISIL in respect of the Rs 250 million bond programme of the Company.
  • 2005-06: Introduction of sale of coal through ‘e-auction method’.
  • 2005-06: ECL and BCCL reported profit of Rs. 363.8 crore and 202.67 crore in Fiscal 2006.
  • 2006-07: Decline in debt as a percentage of net worth from 66% in 2001-2002 to 10% in 2006-2007.
  • 2008-09: Overall production of coal by the Company and its Subsidiaries, crossed 400 million tonnes.
  • 2009-10: Establishment of Coal India Africana Limitada, a foreign subsidiary in Mozambique
  • 2009-10: Conversion of the Company into a public limited company.
  • 2014: Coal India signs MoU with Government for 2014-15. Coal India and Tata Medical Centre join hands. Coal India announces Rs. 235 Crores for Clean India initiative.
  • 2015: The Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and the Coal India Limited signed a Memorandum of Agreement to impart skill training to 1.7 lakh people .
  • 2017: Coal India has launched the ‘Grahak Sadak Koyla Vitaran App’ aimed at benefitting customers of the company that are being supplied coal by road.
  • 2017: Coal India has reportedly set up Monitoring and Control Cell at its office as well as all coal producing subsidiaries to monitor the critical coal stocks situation in the country's power plants.
  • 2017-18: Based Online Monitoring System commenced :-Monitoring of 69 coal-mining project costing more than Rs.150 Crores with Project monitoring software MS Project.
  • 2017-18: CIL in association with CMPDI launched a portal MDMS (Mine Data Base Management System) to monitor the ongoing projects costing Rs. 20 Crores and above in CIL.
  • 2018-19: Coal India Limited for the first time, breached the 600 Million Tonne (MT) mark in coal production and off-take ending FY 2019 by producing 606.89 MTs of coal and supplying 608.14 MTs, clocking growths of 6.97% and 4.8% over previous year respectively. The company leapt from the 500 MTs production to 600 MTs in mere three years.
  • 2018-19: All the subsidiaries of CIL earned profit during the year
  • 2019-20: Coal Production: Coal India Limited produced 602.13 Million Tonnes (MTs) of coal, CIL breached the 600mt mark for the second year consecutively.
  • 2019-20: In the month of March 20, CIL produced 84.36 MT, the highest so far in a month since the inception of the company.
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