Coal India Share Price

Coal India Limited (CIL) is the largest coal producer in the world. Established in November 1975, Coal India is a central public sector undertaking (PSU) owned by the Ministry of Coal.

The state-owned giant was awarded a ‘maharatna’ status in April 2011. The company is one of the largest corporate employers in the country with a total headcount of 2,39,210 employees as of April 1, 2023.

The PSU contributes nearly 82% to the total coal produced in India. It surpassed the annual coal production target of 700 million tonnes (MT) in the financial year 2022-23 (FY23), producing a total of 700.4 MT of coal as of March 30, 2023. It ranks among the top 20 companies on the ‘Fortune India 500’ list 2022. The coal producing behemoth’s market capitalisation stood at over ₹2.15 lakh crore as of December 12, 2023. Coal India share price has surged over 153% in the last three years.

Coal India business operations

Coal India operates through 83 mining areas across 8 states in India. Its equity shares are listed on the Indian stock exchanges – National Stock Exchange (NSE) and BSE. The Government of India held a 66.13% stake in the company at the end of March 2023, while public shareholding stood at 33.87%.

Coal India is majorly into the business of producing coal, which it does through its seven wholly owned subsidiaries. They include:

• Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) • Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) • Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) • Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) • South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) • Northern Coalfield Limited (NCL) • Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL)

Its other wholly-owned subsidiaries include Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Limited (CMPDIL) and Coal India Africana Limitada (CIAL) in Mozambique.

Key business segments

Coking coal:

Majorly used in steel manufacturing and metallurgical industries, coking coals form coherent beads with strong and porous mass when heated in the absence of air.

Semi coking coal:

They are blended with coking coal as their coherent beads are not as strong. They are mainly used as blendable coal in steel making, merchant coke manufacturing and other metallurgical industries.

Non-coking coal:

These coals do not have any coking properties, and are mainly used in the manufacture of fertiliser, cement, glass, ceramic, paper, chemical and brick, along with applications in heating purposes.

Washed and beneficiated coal:

This category of coal is used to produce hard coke in steel manufacturing, along with a key application in power generation, while beneficiated non-coking coal is used in industries like cement and sponge iron.

Middlings and rejects:

Middlings are used for generating power, and by domestic fuel plants, cement plants, brick manufacturing units, and industrial plants. Rejects are used in fluidised bed combustion (FBC) boilers for road repairs and land filling.

Coal Products

Coal India also produces products like tar, heavy oil, light oil and soft pitch which are used in furnaces and boilers of industrial plants and power houses.

Financial Highlights

• In FY23, net sales stood at ₹1,27,627 crores, up 27% compared to ₹1,00,563 crore of preceding fiscal. • Its net profit increased 62% in FY23 to ₹28,124.94 crore YoY from ₹17,378.42 crore in FY22. • Its earnings per share (EPS) stood at ₹45.7 in FY23, up 62.3% than ₹28.17 in the previous financial year. Its EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) increased 49% during FY23 to ₹40,291 crore from ₹26,974 crore in FY22.