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Vedanta Resources has seen its rating being upgraded in recent months after seeking to lower its debt and improve its capital structure
During the quarter, the metals and oil & gas company reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 3,547 crore, compared to Rs 2,013 crore a year ago
Vedanta on Friday reported a 76.2 per cent rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 3,547 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2024 due to higher income. The company had posted profit of Rs 2,013 crore in the year-ago period, Vedanta Ltd said in a filing to BSE. The company's consolidated income grew by 9.5 per cent to Rs 39,795 crore, over Rs 36,320 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal. Vedanta's consolidated revenue for the third quarter stood at "Rs 38,526 crore, up four per cent Q-o-Q and 10 per cent Y-o-Y driven by favourable market prices and higher premiums." The total expenses of the company during the quarter grew to Rs 33,134 crore over Rs 32,215 crore in the year-ago period. "We have delivered our highest-ever 3rd quarter EBITDA of Rs 11,284 crore. Our strategic focus on cost optimisation and production ramp-up across our key businesses has helped us to continue delivering this outperformance. Notably, we witnessed a 58 per cent Y-o-Y jump in EBIT
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A day ahead of the results, Vedanta shares were in demand, as the scrip rose up to 1.62 per cent to hit an intraday high of Rs 437.60
Mining conglomerate Vedanta on Tuesday said the company's Rs 1 lakh crore aluminium refinery and smelter project will be set up in Raygada district of Odisha. The first phase of the project is expected to be commissioned in the next three years, which will be expanded later, company Chairman Anil Agarwal said. Vedanta in October last year announced that it will make Rs 1 lakh crore investment in Odisha to build a 6 MTPA alumina refinery and a 3 MTPA green aluminium plant. However, the place where it will be set up was not revealed then. Speaking on the sidelines of the state's business conclave, Utkarsh Odisha-Make in Odisha, Agarwal said, We will establish the aluminium refinery of 6 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) capacity and aluminium smelter of 30 lakh tonne capacity in Rayagada district. The total investment will be around Rs 1 lakh crore. He said the mining conglomerate has got Sijimali bauxite mine in Rayagada district, which is now being developed for exploration. During
Fitch has upgraded Vedanta Resources Ltd's (VRL) long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating following a "significant reduction" in the company's refinancing risks. The rating agency upgraded VRL's senior unsecured rating to 'B+' from 'B-' and also changed the outlook to stable, according to a statement. Besides, it has upgraded "the ratings on the USD 300 million June 2028 bonds and USD 500 million December 2031 bonds, issued by VRL's subsidiary Vedanta Resources Finance II Plc (VRF2), and unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by VRL, to 'B+' from 'B-' with Recovery Rating of 'RR4'," the statement said. The upgrade follows a significant reduction in VRL's refinancing risks, after it raised USD 1.1 billion in new bonds and received bank commitments for loans worth USD 350 million at the holding company, formed by VRL and other offshore investment holding companies owned by VRL, in January 2025, the statement said. Once the proceeds are used to refinance existing debt, the
Vedanta's consolidated Ebitda is expected to increase to more than Rs 44,000-45,000 cr by the end of FY25 (Rs 36,455 cr in FY24), supported by favourable prices and cost reduction
Mining mogul Anil Agarwal's Vedanta Resources has raised USD 1.1 billion through a new bond offering to prepay existing liabilities, the company said in a Singapore exchange filing. Vedanta Resources Finance II plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vedanta Resources, raised USD 1.1 billion through a new dual tranche issuance in international debt capital markets. Vedanta Resources Ltd (VRL) has raised USD 3.1 billion in USD bonds since September 2024. As per the exchange filing, the latest bond issuance consists of two tranches - a USD 550 million tranche of 5.5 years tenor at a 9.475 per cent interest rate and a USD 550 million tranche of 8.25 years tenor at a 9.850 per cent interest rate. Both tranches garnered strong investor demand with the bonds receiving final orders of USD 3.4 billion from over 135 accounts, representing an oversubscription of 3.1x, the company said. "The net proceeds from the offering of the Bonds will be used to prepay Vedanta's outstanding bonds (including a
Vedanta plans to divide its business into units focused on aluminum, oil & gas, power, steel and finally semiconductors, which will be left in the original business with electronics and copper assets
In September 2024, Vedanta Resources raised $900 million in its first dollar bond issue in more than two years and later raised $800 million through another dollar bond issue in November
Western Carriers India Ltd (WCIL), a Kolkata-based logistics firm, has secured a material handling order worth Rs 139 crore from Vedanta Ltd, the company said on Wednesday. The order entails an import, finished goods domestic and export material handling contract at Vedanta's Jharsuguda plant for a duration of four years, WCIL said in a statement. "The order strengthens our relationship with Vedanta. This order opens avenues for future projects within the mining and mineral sector," CEO of WCIL Kanishka Sethia said. As of March 31, 2024, WCIL reported sales of Rs 1,685 crore, a nearly 3 per cent increase from the previous year. The company's net profit stood at Rs 80.35 crore, translating to a 12-per cent on-year growth. In September, the company, founded in 1972, raised Rs 492 crore via its maiden IPO at a price of Rs 172 per share. At 3.16 pm, the stock was trading at Rs 122 per share on the NSE.
Vedanta Resources Limited (VRL), the parent firm of Mumbai-based mining conglomerate Vedanta Ltd, has received a rating upgrade from S&P Global Ratings. The agency upgraded VRL's corporate family rating from 'B-' to 'B'. With this, VRL's rating by S&P has gone up by five notches from 'CC' in December last year. "We raised our issuer credit rating on Vedanta Resources Ltd. to 'B' from 'B-' and raised our issue ratings on the company's guaranteed bonds to 'B-' from 'CCC+'," the rating agency said. S&P said in its report that the upgrade comes after VRL obtained the minimum acceptances needed to close its consent solicitation exercise for 2028 bonds. "The stable outlook reflects our expectation that refinancing risks will be more manageable after the transaction given a newfound funding flexibility and improved capital market access," the agency said in its report. "The stable outlook also reflects the company's sound underlying operations, which should support internal cash .
With the latest offer, the company's dividends have reached to about Rs 17,000 crore for the financial year through March 2025
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The uptick in the Vedanta share price came after the company announced that the Board will meet on Monday, December 16, 2024, to consider and approve the Fourth Interim Dividend on equity shares
The stock price also reached global brokerage CLSA's and Motilal Oswal's target price of Rs 520 per share
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Last month, Vedanta said that demerger on track and in its final stages, with shareholder and creditor meetings scheduled in the coming months.