Coal India Limited (CIL) has released its provisional production and off-take performance figures for May 2026. Coal production stood at 56.1 million tonnes, a decrease of 11.6% compared to the same period last year. Off-take for May 2026 was 66.7 million tonnes, showing a marginal increase of 2.2% year-on-year. The cumulative figures for April-May 2026 show production at 112.2 million tonnes and off-take at 130.9 million tonnes.
May 2026 Production & Off-take
Coal India Limited (CIL) has announced its provisional performance results for the month of May 2026. Total coal production for May 2026 reached 56.1 million tonnes. This figure represents a decrease of 11.6% when compared to the 63.5 million tonnes produced in May 2025.
In terms of off-take, CIL recorded 66.7 million tonnes in May 2026. This is a 2.2% increase from the 65.2 million tonnes recorded in the corresponding month of the previous year.
April-May 2026 Cumulative Performance
The cumulative performance for the first two months of the fiscal year, April-May 2026, indicates a total production of 112.2 million tonnes. This is down by 10.6% from 125.6 million tonnes in April-May 2025.
For the same cumulative period, off-take stood at 130.9 million tonnes, marking a slight increase of 0.9% over the 129.8 million tonnes registered in the previous year’s comparable period.
Subsidiary Company Highlights (May 2026)
Coal Production
Among CIL’s subsidiaries:
- ECL produced 3.9 million tonnes (down 3.6% YoY).
- BCCL produced 2.3 million tonnes (down 25.5% YoY).
- CCL produced 6.2 million tonnes (up 0.4% YoY).
- NCL produced 9.5 million tonnes (down 23.7% YoY).
- WCL produced 5.6 million tonnes (down 8.4% YoY).
- SECL produced 14.4 million tonnes (up 4.5% YoY).
- MCL produced 14.3 million tonnes (down 20.1% YoY).
- NEC produced 0.00 million tonnes (down 93.3% YoY).
Coal Off-take
Among CIL’s subsidiaries for off-take:
- ECL off-take was 4.6 million tonnes (up 6.4% YoY).
- BCCL off-take was 2.7 million tonnes (down 15.8% YoY).
- CCL off-take was 7.9 million tonnes (up 17.3% YoY).
- NCL off-take was 10.8 million tonnes (down 8.4% YoY).
- WCL off-take was 5.9 million tonnes (up 0.7% YoY).
- SECL off-take was 16.1 million tonnes (up 3.1% YoY).
- MCL off-take was 18.8 million tonnes (up 5.6% YoY).
- NEC off-take was 0.0 million tonnes (unchanged YoY).
Source: BSE
