Coal India surges on planning to leverage mining expertise for diversification

11 Dec 2017 Evaluate

Coal India is currently trading at Rs. 267.40, up by 2.65 points or 1.00% from its previous closing of Rs. 264.75 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 265.75 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 268.55 and Rs. 265.30 respectively. So far 19913 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 332.10 on 27-Feb-2017 and a 52 week low of Rs. 234.00 on 11-Aug-2017.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 274.10 and Rs. 262.65 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 165955.08 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 78.86%, while institutions and non-institutions held 17.47% and 3.67% respectively.

Coal India, being the biggest miner in the world, is planning to leverage the expertise for diversification. The public sector coal major is contemplating foraying into mining of new minerals and metals like iron ore, nickel, bauxite and copper to harness its expertise. Moreover, the PSU coal miner is working on various areas including solar power.

Last month, Coal India had said that the modalities for diversification into new mineral mining were expected to be ready in the next few months.

Coal India is the world’s largest coal mining company. It also produces non-coking coal and coking coal of various grades for diverse applications.

Coal India Share Price

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