Bharat Coking Coal's October raw coal output rises 7.1% as cumulative output falls 9.7%

Bharat Coking Coal (NSE: BHARATCOAL) reported raw coal production of 2.86 million tonnes for October 2026, up 7.1% from a year earlier, it said in a filing on 01 Nov 2026. Cumulative production from April to October was 16.64 million tonnes, down 9.7%. Offtake in October rose 11.1%.

Monthly output rose while the year-to-date total fell

October's production of 2.86 million tonnes is the gain in the month. Coking coal, at 2.82 million tonnes, rose 9.8%, while non coking coal fell 57.7% to 0.05 million tonnes. Opencast mines produced 2.84 million tonnes, up 9.6%, and underground mines produced 0.02 million tonnes, down 75.6%.

The April to October total is lower than a year earlier: 16.64 million tonnes against 18.42 million tonnes. Underground output for the period fell 34.3%, and opencast output fell 9.1%. Offtake for the seven months was 19.88 million tonnes, down 0.9%, while overburden removal fell 18.8% to 77.15 million cubic metres.

Washed coal and overburden

Washed coking coal output rose 16.1% in October to 0.12 million tonnes and 13.2% over the seven months to 0.93 million tonnes. Overburden removal in October was 12.29 million cubic metres, down 7.3% from a year earlier.

The company says the figures are provisional. The filing does not give the reason for the change in output, nor any production target for the rest of the financial year.

What the production figures mean for Bharat Coking Coal's shareholders

The filing reports volumes only. It does not give revenue, prices or costs for the period, so it does not show what the monthly change means for earnings.

The filing does not say why output changed or whether the October gain will continue. No further dated step is stated in the filing.

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