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Coal India's wholly owned subsidiary Mahanadi Coalfields has filed its Red Herring Prospectus with SEBI, BSE and NSE, moving closer to a public listing through an offer for sale of up to 66,18,36,300 equity shares.
✦ AI SUMMARY 30-second read
- The IPO is entirely an offer for sale by Coal India; MCL will receive no proceeds from the share sale.
- The proposed share sale represents around a 10 per cent stake in Mahanadi Coalfields.
- If listed, MCL would become the third Coal India subsidiary trading on Indian stock exchanges.
Why it matters: The listing would open a major state-owned coal producer to public investors and advance the government's disinvestment agenda in the energy sector.
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Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Coal India Limited, has filed its Red Herring Prospectus (RHP) with the Registrar of Companies, the Securities and Exchange Board of India, BSE and NSE, bringing it a step closer to an initial public offering.
Coal India disclosed the development through an exchange filing on November 14. The proposed IPO comprises an offer for sale of up to 66,18,36,300 equity shares held by Coal India, the parent company and selling shareholder, representing around a 10 per cent stake in MCL.
The proposed issue remains subject to applicable regulatory approvals, prevailing market conditions and other relevant considerations.
What was announced
Because the IPO is structured entirely as an offer for sale, MCL itself will not receive any proceeds from the transaction. All proceeds will flow to Coal India in its capacity as the selling shareholder.
The RHP filing follows an earlier Draft Red Herring Prospectus filed with SEBI, BSE and NSE in September 2026. Promoters of MCL include the President of India, as represented by the Ministry of Coal, Government of India, and Coal India Limited.
Background
MCL is a major coal-producing company with operations primarily in Odisha. If its shares are listed, the company would join Central Mine Planning and Design Institute and Bharat Coking Coal as the third Coal India subsidiary to be traded on domestic stock exchanges.
MCL is not the only Coal India subsidiary pursuing a public listing. On November 2, Coal India disclosed that South Eastern Coalfields Limited had filed its Draft Red Herring Prospectus with SEBI, BSE and NSE. The proposed SECL IPO also involves an offer for sale by Coal India of up to 66.81 crore equity shares with a face value of Rs 2 each, and is likewise subject to regulatory approvals and market conditions.
Operational performance
The IPO-related filings coincide with a strong operational period for Coal India. The company reported its highest-ever monthly coal supplies of 70.3 million tonnes in October of financial year 2026-27, a 19 per cent increase over the 59.2 million tonnes supplied in the corresponding month of the previous year, surpassing the previous monthly record of 69.4 million tonnes achieved in March 2026.
MCL contributed to that milestone by crossing the 20 million tonne monthly supply mark for the first time during October. Coal India's supplies to the power sector reached a record 57.1 million tonnes in the same month, up 19 per cent from 48 million tonnes in October FY26.
Coal India's coal production in October FY27 stood at 67.2 million tonnes, its highest-ever for the month of October in any financial year, around 19 per cent higher than the 56.38 million tonnes recorded in October FY26. The company also achieved an all-time high average power-sector railway rake loading of 310 rakes per day during the month.
What happens next
Both the MCL and SECL public issues are contingent on regulatory clearances and prevailing market conditions. Elets will update this story as further developments emerge.
