Coal India Business Update: November output rises 1% to 68 million tonne – CNBC TV18

State-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) on Monday (December 1) reported that its production in November 2025 rose 1.2% to 68 million tonne compared with 67.2 million tonne a year earlier.

Offtake for the month stood at 62.7 million tonne, marginally lower by 0.3% against 62.9 million tonne in the same period last year.The company released provisional production and offtake performance for Coal India and its subsidiary companies for November 2025, along with cumulative data for the April to November 2025 period.

Second Quarter Results

Revenue for the quarter declined by 3.2% from the same quarter last year to ₹30,187 crore, but was higher than the CNBC-TV18 poll expectation of ₹29,587 crore.

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Net profit for the period stood at ₹4,263 crore, while the CNBC-TV18 poll had projected the figure to be ₹5,544 crore. CIL had reported a net profit of ₹6,275 crore (YoY) in the base quarter.

Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation (EBITDA) for the quarter decreased by 22% to ₹6,716 crore. A CNBC-TV18 poll had projected the figure to be ₹7,827 crore.

EBITDA margin for the quarter narrowed by 580 basis points from last year to 22.2%, lower compared to the CNBC-TV18 poll projection of 26.45%.  The Board of Coal India also announced a second interim dividend of ₹10.25 per equity share on the face value of ₹10 each for the financial year 2025-26.

Shares of Coal India Ltd ended at ₹379.85, up by ₹4.00, or 1.06%, on the BSE.

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