Primary market is where all the Coal mined by Government of India’s wholly owned Coal India Limited (CIL) and its various subsidiaries are auctioned through E-Auction. CIL is the largest Coal mining company in the world producing 607MT of Coal in FY19. Operating through 82 mining areas CIL is an apex body with 7 wholly owned coal producing subsidiaries and 1 mine planning and consultancy company spread over 8 provincial states of India.The labelled map below shows major Coal mine locations in India operating under different CIL subsidiaries.

There are two online portals available which facilitates participation in E-Auction of Coal both listed below. Please click on the name to visit their respective official websites.

The Coal that is purchased in primary market through E-Auction is transported to various coal markets located across the nation where it is traded by local traders and suppliers. The factor controlling the price of Coal at these markets are availability of the required Coal and its demand from the end consumers. Based on the requirement of the end consumers such as Power Plants and Sugar Mills etc, the Coal is blended in Depos of the respective traders. After the blend is ready it is reloaded on trucks and transported to factories.