Coal India

Government owned coal producer in India

Follow Coal India on Notably News to receive short updates to your email — rarely!

August 2024 Coal India continued importing Russian coking coal, contributing to a 53% year-on-year increase in Russian coal imports, reaching 5.2 million tonnes from January to August, despite international sanctions against Russia.
March 31 2022 Coal India reported a significant 46% rise in net profit for the quarter, with consolidated net profit reaching ₹4,586.78 crore compared to the previous year's period.
November 18 2015 Government of India approved a 10% stake sale in Coal India Limited (CIL), continuing its disinvestment strategy for the state-owned coal producer.
February 18 2013 Coal India Limited (CIL) was awarded two Corporate Social Responsibility Awards: 'Global CSR Excellence and Leadership Award' for Best Corporate Social Responsibility Practices and 'Blue Dart Most Caring Companies of India Award'.
December 2012 CIL was ranked 9th on the Fortune India 500 list.
September 2011 Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) criticized Coal India Limited (CIL) for operating 239 mines across seven subsidiaries without environmental clearance, including 48 open-cast, 170 underground, and 21 combined mines.
September 2011 CIL was conferred with 'Company of the Year Award' at the 2nd Summit on 'India Public Sector Agenda @2020' organized by Indian Chamber of Commerce and Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) in New Delhi.
2010 Start of a three-year period (2010-2012) where CIL reported its lowest ever safety figures, averaging 66 deaths and 251 serious accidents per year.
April 2010 CIL-NTPC Urja Private Limited joint venture was established as a 50:50 partnership between Coal India and NTPC to acquire coal blocks in India and abroad.

This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia article Coal India, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

See Also