State-owned miner Coal India Ltd’s (CIL’s) net profit remained largely flat at ₹8,849 crore in the first quarter of 2026-27 (Q1FY27), as rising costs weighed on margins. The company had posted a profit of ₹8,787 crore in the same quarter of the previous financial year.
The company’s total income, however, grew 8.4 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) to ₹48,295 crore, compared with ₹44,535 crore in the year-ago quarter. Total expenses rose 12 per cent to ₹36,816 crore during the quarter.
Employee benefit expenses increased marginally by 0.4 per cent to ₹11,023 crore, while contractual expenses rose 11 per cent to ₹8,658 crore. The cost of materials consumed, including explosives, lubricating oil and heavy earth-moving machinery, jumped 27 per cent to ₹3,260 crore during the quarter.
Coal India said its production fell 7 per cent Y-o-Y to 169 million tonnes (mt) in Q1FY27 from 183 mt a year earlier. However, coal offtake rose 4 per cent to 197 mt on the back of inventory liquidation.
The company sold 168 mt of coal under long-term fuel supply agreements in Q1FY27 at an average realisation of ₹2,099 per tonne. In the corresponding quarter of FY26, it had sold 165 mt at an average realisation of ₹2,076 per tonne, reflecting an improvement in per-tonne billing realisation.
Coal India also sold 26.52 mt of coal through the e-auction route in Q1FY27 at an average realisation of ₹3,085 per tonne. In the corresponding quarter, e-auction sales stood at 21.25 mt at an average realisation of ₹2,917 per tonne.
Overall, the company’s average realisation increased 3 per cent to ₹2,276 per tonne in Q1FY27 from ₹2,208 per tonne in the year-ago quarter.
