Agarwal Coal

Name

Agarwal Coal

Legal name

Agarwal Coal Corporation Private Limited

Website

https://agarwalcoal.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Coal Trading and Commodity Supply

NAICS

Coal and Other Mineral and Ore Merchant Wholesalers (42352)

SIC

Wholesale-Metals & Minerals (No Petroleum) (5050)

akta.pro primary industry

Coal Marketing & Trading (IMAKAIAK)

Keywords

• Coal import trading
• Iron ore trading
• Mine-to-plant logistics
• Bulk commodity supply
• Trade financing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Indore

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices21 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Coal Trading: Import and domestic trading of various grades of coal sourced from Indonesia, South Africa, USA, Russia, Columbia, Australia, and India. The company imports coal in bulk vessel loads (Supramax, Panamax, Babycape, Capesize), stocks across multiple Indian ports, and distributes in smaller quantities to customers.
2. Iron Ore and Pellets Trade: Active expansion into iron ore and pellets trading, sourced through Coal India Limited e-auctions and open market trade.
3. Trade Financing / Financial Solutions: Short-term working capital funding offered to customers for raw material procurement, enabling customers to procure coal and iron ore with payment flexibility.
4. Logistics and Transportation Services: Comprehensive logistics support including port operations, transportation, and storage services bundled with coal supply to ensure quality and timely delivery.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Agarwal Coal is India's largest coal importer, sourcing various grades of coal from Indonesia, South Africa, USA, Russia, Columbia, Australia, and India, and delivering them across 20 major Indian ports through an integrated mine-to-plant model. The company also trades in iron ore and pellets, offers bundled logistics and storage services, and provides short-term trade financing for raw material procurement. It serves over 1,500 industrial clients including power plants, steel manufacturers, and processing units, delivering 15 million tonnes of coal annually.

Product overview

Agarwal Coal is India's largest coal importer offering an integrated mine-to-plant solution portfolio centered on coal and iron ore trading. The core product suite includes Indonesian Coal, South African Coal, Indian Coal, and Other Origins Coal (Australia, USA, Russia, Columbia), complemented by Iron Ore Trade and Iron Ore Export services. Add-on modules include Financial Solutions (working capital funding) and Logistics (transportation, storage, and supply chain). The company operates through its international subsidiary Agarwal Coal Corporation (S) PTE LTD in Singapore and maintains a pan-India network across 20 major ports and 18 branch offices, serving over 1,500 clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Indonesian Coal Indonesian coal supply across Low, Medium, and High Calorific Value grades sourced from all major Indonesian export terminals and delivered across Indian ports for power plants, steel, textile, chemical, and brick kiln customers.
• South African Coal South African coal supply in 6000 NAR, 5500 NAR, and 4800 NAR grades sourced from Richards Bay Coal Terminal through all major South African miners, served to steel, sponge iron, and ferro alloy producers across India.
• Indian Coal Domestic Indian coal procurement via Coal India Limited e-auctions across all subsidiaries, with bundled logistics and trade financing for government-owned power plants.
• Other Origins Coal Coal supply from Australia, USA, Russia, and Columbia, offering a diversified multi-origin portfolio for industrial customers seeking alternative grades beyond Indonesian and South African sources.
• Iron Ore Trade Iron ore and pellets trading supplied to domestic industrial customers as part of the company's integrated commodity solutions portfolio.
• Iron Ore Export Iron ore export services to international markets, leveraging the company's overseas trading network and shipping relationships.
• Financial Solutions Short-term working capital funding and trade financing offered to customers to enable raw material procurement with payment flexibility.
• Logistics End-to-end logistics including transportation, port storage, and supply chain management that delivers coal and iron ore from mines or import terminals to customer facilities.

Quantifiable outcome

• 15 million tonnes of coal delivered annually
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Traxys: Global commodity trader focused on metals, minerals and coal, with strong Asian distribution into steel, foundry and industrial customers. Comparable in scale, product mix and trade financing-led merchant model.
• Trafigura: Global commodities trader actively trading thermal and coking coal into India with proprietary logistics and financing capabilities. Highly comparable business model as an integrated coal and minerals trader serving Indian industrial customers.
• Adani Enterprises: Adani's coal trading arm is the most direct Indian competitor, moving bulk thermal and coking coal across Indian ports and into power, steel and cement customers. Overlap with Agarwal is high on product, customer base and integrated logistics model.
• Mercuria Energy Trading: Independent global commodity trader with significant coal and coke flows into India, operating with integrated trading, logistics and trade financing. Closely comparable as a privately held, non-mining global coal merchant.
• Vinmar International: Houston-based commodity trader with a sizeable coal and coke desk shipping into Asia. Comparable on multi-origin seaborne coal distribution and customer base among Asian industrial buyers.

Broad incumbents

• Glencore: Global commodities trader with the world's largest coal marketing book, sourcing from Australia, South Africa, Colombia and Russia into India and Southeast Asia. Compares on product mix, multi-origin sourcing and seaborne logistics, though at vastly greater scale and global footprint.
• Noble Group (now part of Vitol): Major Asian-headquartered commodity trader historically active in coal, coke and iron ore into India. The Noble-Vitol combination preserves a directly comparable trading franchise in coal and industrial minerals.
• ITOCHU Corporation: Japanese general trading company (sogo shosha) with a large coal and minerals trading desk sourcing from Australia, Indonesia, South Africa and Russia into India and broader Asia. Compares on multi-origin coal marketing and integrated logistics.
• Tata International (Tata Group): Diversified Indian trading house with commodity distribution and mining interests, including coal trading into Indian industrial customers. Comparable customer base and B2B trading model, though operating within a much larger diversified group.
• Vedanta Limited: Indian diversified miner and metals trader with iron ore, aluminium and coal operations, increasingly active in coal trading to support its own power and steel businesses. Comparable on the iron ore trading overlap and Indian industrial customer base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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