India's coal production increased for the fourth consecutive month in January and surpassed 100 million tonnes for the second month in a row, according to preliminary data from the Ministry of Coal.

The nation churned out 108 million tonnes of coal in the month, up 3.34% on the year and 6.44% on the month, recording a new high so far this fiscal year, data showed.

Of that, state-run Coal India Limited (CIL) produced 79.81 million tonnes of coal in January, up 2.6% on the year and 5.47% on the month. India's another state-owned coal miner, Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL), produced 5.16 million tonnes of coal, down 25.97% on the year and 10.26% on the month.

Meanwhile, coal output from captive and other mines increased 16.63% on the year and 14.89% on the month to 23 million tonnes.

Over the first ten months of the current fiscal year (April 2025-January 2026), India's total coal production dipped 0.14% on the year to 830 million tonnes. CIL's and SCCL's output stood at 609 million (-0.53% YoY) and 48.88 million tonnes (-9.03% YoY), respectively. Coal output from captive and other coal mines rose 10.15% to 172 million tonnes.

In January, India sold 92.18 million tonnes of coal, sliding 1.37% year over year. Coal sales of CIL and SCCL came in at 66.85 million (-3.7% YoY) and 6.11 million tonnes (-0.16% YoY), respectively, while that from captive and other coal mines rose 7.28% to 19.21 million tonnes.

India sold 834 million tonnes of coal during April-January, down 1.28% from the year prior. Among this, CIL sold 612 million tonnes of coal, down 2.95%. SCCL sold 50.28 million tonnes of coal, down 3.86% on the year. Coal sales from captive and other coal mines totaled 171 million tonnes, up 6.11% on the year.

In January, the nation supplied 73.16 million tonnes of coal to the power sector, dropping 2.98% year on year, accounting for 79% of its total sales. The country also shipped 1.48 million tonnes of coal to the steel sector, rising 37.73% on the year, and delivered 0.95 million tonnes to the cement sector, a 4.09% increase.