Private company

Eastern Coalfields

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Indian coal producer

Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) is a coal producer based in India. The company was founded in 1975 after nationalisation of coal mines in India. It operates coal mines in Jharkhand and West Bengal states of India.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1975Founded1
  • Industrymining of coal1
  • HeadquartersAsansol1
  • Legal formGovernment Company3
  • Kind of organizationPublic body1
  • LEI335800DJAZVT5K4ZB1213
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressP. O. DISHERGARH,, 713333 Asansol, India3
  • Registered withMinistry of Corporate Affairs, U10101WB1975GOI0302953

Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) is a coal producer based in India. The company was founded in 1975 after nationalisation of coal mines in India. It operates coal mines in Jharkhand and West Bengal states of India. It inherited all the private sector coal mines of the Raniganj Coalfield. It is one of the fully owned subsidiaries of Coal India Limited, the state-owned coal producer. The company has its headquarters at Sanctoria, in West Bengal.2

Corporate structure

Eastern Coalfields is part of a group headed by Coal India. 12 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Coal India Kolkata, India
    • Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Limited 100% · Ranchi, India
    • Bharat Coking Coal 90% · Dhanbad, India
    • Eastern Coalfields Asansol, India
    • Mahanadi Coalfields Sambalpur, India
    • South Eastern Coalfields Bilaspur, India
      • CHHATTISGARH EAST-WEST RAILWAY LIMITED Subsidiary · 66.18% · Raipur, India
      • CHHATTISGARH EAST RAILWAY LIMITED Subsidiary · Bilaspur, India
    • NORTHERN COALFIELDS LIMITED Subsidiary · 100% · Singrauli, India
    • CENTRAL COALFIELDS LIMITED Subsidiary · Ranchi Sadar, India
      • JHARKHAND CENTRAL RAILWAY LIMITED Subsidiary · 64% · Ranchi, India
    • WESTERN COALFIELDS LIMITED Subsidiary · Nagpur, India

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

  • metallurgical coal

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company (GLEIF)

Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Timeline

  1. Oct 31, 1975Parent Directly consolidated by Coal India3
  2. 1975Founded Founded1

Sources

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