COALINDIA

Coal India was being incorporated as a private limited company with the company name as the 'Coal Mines Authority Limited', also under the Companies Act, 1956, being amended ("the Companies Act") on June 14, 1973, according to a shareholder's resolution on October 15, 1975 and also approval of the Ministry of Law, Justice and the Company Affairs as on October 21, 1975, and soon its name was changed to 'Coal India Limited.' Soon, it received a fresh certificate of incorporation being consequent upon name change on October 21, 1975, from the Registrar of Companies, in West Bengal ("the RoC"). Soon after, according to a resolution passed by the shareholders as on February 16, 2010, and approval of the Ministry of Coal, it was being converted into a public limited company with effect from February 24, 2010. Also, established in 1973, the company is wholly-owned by the GoI. Its coal production operations are mainly carried out via seven of its wholly-owned subsidiaries in India. Besides, the other wholly-owned subsidiary named as, CMPDIL, carries out several exploration activities for its subsidiaries and also offers technical & consultancy services for its operations and to the third-party clients for coal exploration, processing, mining, and associated activities. On April 1, 2010, it had the total coal resources of about 64,786 million tons, that comprised, and according to the ISP classifications, also proved Geological Reserves of about 52,546 million tons, and Indicated Geological Reserves of about 10,298 million tons and about Inferred Geological Reserves of 1,942 million tons.

The Company is the largest coal-producing company in the world and also based on the company's raw coal production of about 431.26 million tons in the fiscal year 2010. On March 31, 2010, it operated 471 mines in 21 major coalfields in 8 states in India that include 163 open cast mines, and 273 underground mines, and 35 mixed mines that include both opencast and underground mines. Also, it produces non-coking coal and coking coal of many grades for different applications. The 11 coalfields in which it conducts its most vital mining operations in the Singrauli, Korba, Talcher, IB Valley, Wardha Valley, North Karanpura, Jharia, Central India Coalfields, Rajmahal/Deogarh, Raniganj, and East Bokaro coalfields. Also, its customers include large thermal power generation companies, and steel & cement producers and the other industrial companies in both the private and public sector with many, who has long-standing relationships with the company. Also, the majority of its coal is used in the thermal power sector in India. And NTPC, which is a public sector power generation company & utility, has been its most significant customer, and its five largest customers are all public sector power utilities.

It has 9 direct Subsidiaries and 2 indirect Subsidiaries. They all are as follows:–

Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited

South Eastern Coalfields Limited (or ESCL)

Coal India Africana Limitada (or CIAL). The following are its indirect Subsidiaries that are held via its Subsidiary, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited: