Eastern Coalfields Limited is a coal producer based in India. The company was founded in 1975 after nationalisation of coal mines in India. It inherited all the private sector coal mines of the Raniganj coalfield

Nationalization
In 1973, all Non-coking Coal Mines were nationalized and brought under Eastern Division of Coal Mines Authority Limited.

In 1975 Eastern Coalfields Limited, a Subsidiary of Coal India Limited (C.I.L) was formed and inherited all the private sector coal mines of Raniganj Coalfields


MINES & MANPOWER:
At present ECL has 98 no. of operating mines out of which 77 are underground mines, 21 are opencast mines. The existing manpower in Eastern Coalfields Limited as on 01.07.2013 is 72973.

Production

Coal Production : 33.90 M.Te (Highest since Inception)
Coal Off-take : 35.50 M.Te (Highest since Inception)
OB Removal : 76.53 M.Cum (Highest since Inception)
Annual Turnover : Rs. 12076.17 Cr. (Highest since Inception)
Profitability : Rs. 1656.54 Cr. (Highest since Inception)
PBT : Rs. 1897.18 Cr. (Highest since Inception)


Board of Director

Shri S Chakravarty
CMD


Shri Chandan Kumar Dey
Part-time Official Director, ECL
Director (Finance), CIL

Shri Vivek Bharadwaj
Part-time Offical Director
ECL

Prof. (Dr.) Indira Chakravarty
Part time Non-Official Director
Eastern Coalfields Limited

Shri K.S. Patro
Director (Personnel)

Shri A.M. Marathe
Director (Finance)

Contact Detials
Eastern Coalfields Limited
Seepat Road, Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh) - 495 006
Tel : 07752 246379-399 Fax : 07752 246451