Bharat Coking Coal was incorporated in Bihar as a private limited company under the Companies Act, 1956, pursuant to a certificate of incorporation dated January 01, 1972, issued by the Registrar of Companies, Bihar at Patna. Thereafter, the company was converted from a private limited company to a public limited company, pursuant to a special resolution passed by its shareholders in the extraordinary general meeting held on April 28, 2025, and a fresh certificate of incorporation dated May 7, 2025. 

Bharat Coking Coal, a Miniratna Public Sector Undertaking, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coal India (A Government of India Undertaking) having its Registered Office at Koyla Bhawan, Koyla Nagar, Dhanbad. The company was incorporated to operate coking coal mines in the Jharia and Raniganj Coalfields, taken over by the Govt. of India on October 16, 1971 to ensure planned development of the scarce coking coal resources in the country. Since then, the company is engaged in mining of coal and allied activities largely in the state of Jharkhand and marginally in the State of West Bengal. It occupies an important place in as much as it produces bulk of the coking coal mined in the country.

It is the largest coking coal producer in India. It produces various grades of coking coal, non-coking coal and washed coals for applications primarily in the steel and power industries. Its supplies raw coal to various industries such as power, steel and fertilizer industries, and also use its raw coal in its washeries for beneficiating the coal to produce washed coking coal and other by-products.

Business area of the company

The company is engaged in producing various grades of coking coal, non-coking coal and washed coals for applications primarily in the steel and power industries. The company, a Miniratna Public Sector Undertaking, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coal India (A Government of India Undertaking).

Products of the company

• Coking Coal
• Non-Coking Coal
• Washed Coking Coal
• Washed Power Coal

Awards and recognitions 

• 2025: Awarded the gold award at the 1st Greenenviro Environment Award 2025 in the category of ‘Environment Excellence - Metal & Mining Sector’ by the Greenenviro Foundation.
• 2024: Awarded second position for the ‘Corporate Award for quality awareness’ by Coal India Limited.
• 2024: Awarded the ‘Special Recognition Award for Dividend Payment’ for outstanding performance in 2023-24 by Coal India Limited.
• 2024: Moonidih coal mine of BCCL was given a 5-star rating and awarded the third prize at the annual rating of coal mines in India for the Year 2022-23.
• 2024: Conferred the Indian corporate social responsibility award for “Best Skill Development Initiative of the Year - 2024 (PSU)” by Brand Hanchos.
• 2023: Declared winner for outstanding achievements in promotion of education at the 10th Greentech CSR India Award 2023 by Greentech Foundation.
• 2023: Declared winner for outstanding achievements in healthcare promotion at the 10th Greentech CSR India Award 2023 by Greentech Foundation.
• 2023: Silver award in ‘CSR COVID Relief Project (mid-scale)’ at the 7th CSR health impact awards.
• 2022: Conferred the coal minister's award FY 2021-22 and was given second prize by Coal India Limited in recognition and appreciation of exemplary performance in coal quality.

History and milestones

• 2025: Restarted the coal production from Pootki-Bulliary project under the mine developer and operator model. 
• 2024: Highest ever production of coal and offtake; Production of 41.10-million-ton raw coal with 13.59% growth and off- take of 39.27 million tonne clocking a growth of 10.42% over the corresponding period in the previous year 
• 2024: Wiped out its accumulated loss from its books of accounts in FY 2023-24. 
• 2023: Letter of work for the work ‘Re-open, salvage, rehabilitate, develop, construct, and operate or excavation/extraction of coal from Salanpur - AGKC Colliery coal mine and delivery thereof 
• 2022: Highwall mining technology was introduced at Amalgamated Block-II OCP ‘ABOCP’ of BCCL through a mine operator for extraction of coal and delivery thereof. 
• 2021: BCCL awarded the tender to a contractor for extraction of coalbed methane from Jharia Coal Bed Methane ‘CBM’ Block I (Jharia coalfield, BCCL leasehold area) on a revenue share (percentage) basis.
• 2018: Commercial operation of 1.6 MTPA Dahibari non-linked washery 'NLW' coal washery was successfully commenced and handed over by BCCL. 
• 2014: Conferred the Mini Ratna Status (Category-I) on October 7, 2014 
• 2013: The net worth became positive in year FY 2012-13. 
• 2013: Came out of Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) on February 12, 2013.