Coal India Limited
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Coal India Limited is an Indian state-controlled
Government-owned corporation
A government-owned corporation, state-owned company, state-owned entity, state enterprise, publicly owned corporation, government business enterprise, or parastatal is a legal entity created by a government to undertake commercial activities on behalf of an owner government...

 coal company headquartered in Kolkata
Kolkata
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, West Bengal
West Bengal
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, India
India
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 and the world's largest coal miner with revenue exceeding 60,245 Crore (FY2010-11). It was formerly owned entirely by the Union Government of India
Government of India
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, under the administrative control of the Ministry of Coal. It is involved in coal mining
Coal mining
The goal of coal mining is to obtain coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content, and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from iron ore and for cement production. In the United States,...

 and production industry. In April 2011, CIL was conferred the Maharatna status by the Union Government of India
Government of India
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In 2010, CIL's initial public offering
Initial public offering
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 (IPO) got subscribed 15.28 times, collecting a record over Rs 2,40,000 crore (Rs 2,400 billion) – the highest IPO subscription so far. On the first day of its listing on the Sensex, its stock closed 40% higher than IPO price.

History

Coal India Limited was formed in 1973 as Coal Mines Authority Limited. In 1975 it was changed to Coal India Limited as a holding company
Holding company
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 with five subsidiaries
Subsidiary
A subsidiary company, subsidiary, or daughter company is a company that is completely or partly owned and wholly controlled by another company that owns more than half of the subsidiary's stock. The subsidiary can be a company, corporation, or limited liability company. In some cases it is a...

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  • Bharat Coking Coal Limited
    Bharat Coking Coal
    Bharat Coking Coal Limited is a subsidiary of Coal India Limited with its headquarters in Dhanbad. It was incorporated in January, 1972 to operate coking coal mines operating in the Jharia & Raniganj Coalfields, taken over by the Govt...

     (BCCL)(Dhanbad, Jharkhand)
  • Central Coalfields Limited
    Central Coalfields Limited
    Central Coalfields Limited is a subsidiary of Coal India Limited , an undertaking of the Government of India. CCL manages the nationalized coal mines of the Coal Mines Authority, Central division...

     (CCL)(Ranchi, Jharkhand)
  • Western Coalfields Limited
    Western Coalfields Limited
    Western Coalfields Limited is one of the largest coal producing company of India. It is one of the eight fully owned subsidiaries of Coal India Limited. The company came in to existence in 1975 after nationalization of coal mines in India. It inherited all the private sector coal mines of the...

     (WCL)(Nagpur region)
  • Eastern Coalfields Limited
    Eastern Coalfields Limited
    Eastern Coalfields Limited is one of the largest coal producing company of India. The company came in to existence in 1975 after nationalization of coal mines in India. It inherited all the private sector coal mines of Raniganj Coalfields. It is one of the eight fully owned subsidiaries of Coal...

     (ECL)(Sanctoria, Asansol, West Bengal)
  • Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Limited
    Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Limited
    Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Limited is one of the eight subsidiary of Coal India Limited with its headquarter at Ranchi.CMPDIL came into existence in 1975 after nationalization of coal mines and as the name suggests became planning and design subsidiary of CIL...

     (CMPDIL)(Ranchi, Jharkhand)


In 1985 two more subsidiaries were added:
  • South Eastern Coalfields Limited
    South Eastern Coalfields Limited
    South Eastern Coalfields Limited is the largest coal producing company of India. It is one of the eight fully owned subsidiaries of Coal India Limited. The company has its head office at Bilaspur and mines spread over Chhattisgarh & Madhya Pradesh. It has total 92 Mines. Total Underground Mines...

     (SECL)(Bilaspur)
  • Northern Coalfields Limited, Singrauli (NCL,Singrauli)


In 1992 one more subsidiary added:
  • Mahanadi Coalfields Limited
    Mahanadi Coalfields Limited
    Mahanadi Coalfields Limited is one of the major coal producing company of India. It is one of the eight subsidiaries of Coal India Limited. Mahanadi Coalfields Limited was carved out of South Eastern Coalfields Limited in 1992 with its headquarter at Sambalpur...

     (MCL) (Sambalpur)


One International Subsidiary
  • Coal India Africana Limitada (CIAL) (Mozambique)


Two indirect subsidiaries (held through our subsidiary, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited)
  • MJSJ Coal Limited
  • MNH Shakti Limited


The Indian Institute of Coal Management (IICM) at Ranchi operates under Coal India Limited and imparts multi disciplinary management development programs executives.
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Reviving of abandoned mines

Coal India Ltd (CIL), will extract coal from 18 abandoned underground mines owned by three of its subsidiaries in partnership with private players. Underground mining would be revived in 6 abandoned mines of Eastern Coalfields, 8 mines of Bharat Coking Coal, and 4 mines of Central Coalfields. These 18 mines have an approximate reserve of 1.647 billion tonnes of coal.

CIL contributes around 85% of coal production in India. It is the largest company in the world in terms of coal production. It
employs nearly 397,000 person and is the largest corporate employer in the country. It is one of the largest companies in the country, with turnover being around Rs. 386.31 billion in 2007-08. It is one of the largest tax payer (Corporate Tax ) in 2007-08 and has paid Dividend of to the Govt. of India in 2007-08.

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