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Informist, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026

 

AHMEDABAD - Coal India Ltd. Friday said it had sufficient stock of domestic coal to meet any rise in demand for power during the ensuing summer months. A three-layered buffer across the supply chain – coal inventory at the company's pitheads, coal stocks at thermal power plants, and ready to extract in-situ coal exposure at the company's mines- assures comfortable coal availability at the beginning of summer, the company said in a notice to the stock exchanges.

 

As of Thursday, Coal India's producing subsidiaries were holding pithead coal stock of 115 million tonnes, which would go up further by the end of March. Coal stocks with the domestic coal-based power plants stands at nearly 55 million tonnes, and another 5.5 million tonnes of coal are in transit at goods sheds, washeries and ports, Coal India said. "The on tap coal accessibility of coal is approximately 175.5 MTs (million tonnes) through these sources," Coal India said in its statement.

 

The in-situ coal exposure at mines that contribute to 90% of Coal India's total annual output was 60.2 million tonnes at the end of Feb. 15.

 

The statement from Coal India comes amid visible rise in demand for coal from thermal power plants in the country. Though the total electricity produced in Apr-Jan was 1.283 trillion kilowatt-hour, down 2.6% from a year ago, the electricity generation in India increased 1.9% year-on-year in January to 128.59 billion kilowatt-hour. Thermal power generation, the biggest source of power in India, rose 1.6% on year in January to 115.73 billion kilowatt-hour. India has set a total electricity generation target of 1.725 trillion kilowatt-hour for 2025-26 (Apr-Mar).

 

For the quarter ended December, the company reported a consolidated net profit of INR 71.57 billion on a revenue of INR 349.24 billion. At 1406 IST, the company's shares were almost flat at INR 433.10 on the National Stock Exchange.  End

 

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Reported by Sunil Raghu

Edited by Ashish Shirke

 

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