Introduction : Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) is a Public Sector Undertaking engaged in mining of coal and allied activities. It occupies an important place in as much as it produces bulk of the coking coal mined in the country. BCCL meets almost 50% of the total prime coking coal requirement of the integrated steel sector. It also supplies substantial quantity of coal to the pig iron sector and bulk of the coal requirement of the power station in the Northern region. BCCL's area of operation falls in Jharia Coalfield and in a part of Ranigaunj Coalfield in the State of Jharkhand. Its activity extents into a small area in West Bengal also wherein it operates two of its coal mines. Its area of operation is speed over 270 Sq.Kms. of the Jharia Coalfield and 32 Sq. Kms. in the Ranigaunj Coalfield.

Brief History In order to ensure planned development of the scare coking coal resources in the country, the large number of small coking coal mines(214 Nos.) operating in the Jharia Coalfield & Ranigaunj Coalfield were taken over by the Govt. of India on 16th October,1971.

These mines were subsequently nationalised in May, 1972. The objective of nationalisation as given by Late Mohan Kumaramangalam in his monogram on coal nationalisation are summeriesed below :

BCCL was incorporated in January, 1972 to manage and operate the taken over coking coal mines. Nationalisation of the non-coking coal mines followed soon after in May, 1973 and 182 non-coking units locatedadjacent to coking coal mines were also put under the control of BCCL. BCCL became a subsidiary of Coal India Ltd. (Holding Company) when the later was in corporated in November, 1975.