Coal India July coal supply hits record 64.19 MT on power demand

June had already set a high mark, with CIL supplying 65.95 MT, its best June ever. The first four months of FY27 brought cumulative supplies of 262.04 MT, up 6.9% from a year earlier and the highest volume for the April-July period on record. The earlier mark was 259.4 MT in FY25.

Coal India accounts for more than 80% of domestic coal output, and its monthly supply numbers are the main gauge for fuel availability across power generation and industry. Supplies to the power sector, the company's largest consumer, rose 18% to 49.77 MT from 42.35 MT a year earlier. The non-regulated segment, covering industrial buyers outside power generation, took 14.42 MT, up 21% from 11.89 MT in July FY26.

Overburden removal, the excavation of soil and rock that covers coal seams before opencast mining starts, also accelerated in July. CIL moved 120.35 million cubic meters, up 21.11% from 99.36 MCuM a year earlier. Cumulative removal for April-July reached 625.02 MCuM, a 2.85% increase. The company describes the process as a critical precursor to opencast mining; timely removal exposes reserves and keeps production running.

CIL is targeting production of 815 MT and supplies of 850 MT for FY27. Reaching the supply target would require monthly offtake of about 73.5 MT over the remaining eight months, roughly 14.5% above July's pace. The company's statement did not detail how it expects to close that gap.