The Ministry of Coal has announced that the draft rules for establishing India’s first official coal trading exchange will be finalised by the end of November 2025.

Coal Secretary Vikram Dev Dutt stated that stakeholder feedback on the draft regulations is under review and that the auction-ready framework is expected to be completed by the end of the month.

The proposed exchange, to be operated under the supervision of the Coal Controller Organisation (CCO), aims to bring greater transparency and enable market-based price discovery in the domestic coal trade.

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Officials believe that launching a formal coal exchange will streamline supply-side logistics, open up sales to more players, including commercial mines, and reduce layers of intermediaries within the coal value chain.

With India’s coal output surpassing the one-billion-tonne mark in FY25, the timing of the exchange rules aligns with the government’s broader push to modernise the coal sector and improve efficiency to meet rising energy demand.

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