Coal India's Q4 profit jumps 12% despite revenue dip; board declares ₹5.15 dividend

With an unprecedentedly hotter summer season expected in India, driven by climate change, the demand for power, the primary consumer of coal in India, accounting for about 64% of total

consumption, is expected to maintain an upward trajectory. India also aims to increase its coal-fired capacity by 80 gigawatts by 2031-32, to meet this growing demand for power.

For the full year, CIL reported revenue of ₹1,43,368.92 crore, just a breath shy of last year’s ₹1,44,762.42 crore. Net profit in the reporting quarter fell modestly to ₹35,302.10 crore from

₹37,369.13 crore, while EBITDA margins held strong at 41%, up from 40%. Coal India shares had ended the day's trading session 1.44% higher on the BSE. 

Meanwhile, operational mettle remained firm. Coal India clocked 781.05 million tonnes of coal production, an uptick of 1%, and offloaded 763.06 million tonnes, also up by 1%. Its overburden

removal—an essential barometer of mining momentum—grew 3% to 2,018.20 M.CuM.

Beyond inward-looking developments, the quarter also witnessed the entry of Coal India into critical minerals, marked by winning India’s first graphite block in Madhya Pradesh, which signals

a recalibration of strategy toward future-facing resources. On the sustainability front, the company commissioned a 50 MW solar power plant—its largest so far—at Nigahi.