Explore Business Standard
Adani Group firm Ambuja Cements Ltd on Friday said its profit after tax declined 86.21 per cent to Rs 366.97 crore in the December quarter of FY26, citing a higher base due to tax gains in the year-ago quarter. Ambuja Cements Ltd (ACL) reported a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 2,662.97 crore in the October-December quarter of the last fiscal, according to a regulatory filing. ACL, along with its subsidiary ACC, received a favourable order from a high court, following which they reassessed their tax liabilities for Q3/FY25. An amount of Rs 1,179.71 crore and Rs 516.84 crore were recorded in the books of ACL and ACC, respectively, and disclosed the write-back under tax adjustments relating to earlier periods. Besides, ACL also received a cash refund of Rs 203.17 crore along with an interest of Rs 25.60 crore after getting a favourable verdict from the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) dated August 5, 2024, the filing said. It registered a PAT of Rs 378 crore in Q3 of FY26, which was
Leading Indian companies like Tata Steel have joined hands with Swedish technology innovators to launch seven projects to drive decarbonisation in the domestic steel and cement sectors. As India advances towards its 2070 net-zero target, reducing emissions from these hard-to-abate sectors will be essential to support the country's infrastructure development, industrial growth, and long-term climate ambitions, a press statement has said. The projects include using hydrogen in rotary kilns for steelmaking, recycling steel slag to produce green cement, and deploying AI to support cement decarbonisation. Seven innovative projects have been selected to conduct pre-pilot feasibility studies in India under the Lead IT industry transition partnership, with funding from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and the Swedish Energy Agency, the statement said. Leading Indian and global companies, research institutes, and technology innovators are driving these seven ...
Ambuja Cements, part of Adani Group, in a top-level rejig, has appointed Vinod Bahety as its new CEO and designated the incumbent Ajay Kapur as the managing director. The board of Ambuja Cements has approved the "Appointment of Vinod Bahety as Additional Director and Whole-time Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Company for a term of three years", the company said in a regulatory filing. Besides, Ambuja Cements, the second largest cement producer in the country, has also announced the appointment of Rakesh Tiwary as Chief Financial Officer of the company. The board also approved the appointment of Praveen Garg as a Non-Executive Independent director on the Board of the Company for three years. All these changes are going to be effective from April 1, 2025, the filing said. Meanwhile, ACC, a step-down subsidiary of Ambuja Cement, also informed the cessation of Ajay Kapur as its whole-time director and CEO. The board of ACC also approved the appointment of Vinod Bahety as