Mumbai: Mining major Coal IndiaNSE -0.14 % on Tuesday reported a 14.1 per cent decline in profit at Rs 3,921.81 crore for the quarter ended December 31. Analysts in an ET NOW poll had projected the number at Rs 3,977 crore.
The state-run company had reported a profit of Rs 4,566.81 crore in the same quarter last year.
Coal India’s net sales dropped 7.8 per cent from a year before to Rs 21,566.41 crore.