Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Steel has made an offer to buy controlling stake in Monnet Ispat & Energy Ltd through the strategic debt restructuring (SDR) route. The company is undergoing SDR and lenders, who own 51 per cent stake, are exploring the option of handing over its control and management to outside investors. A source privy to the development said, "JSW Steel has put in final bid and the bankers are considering the offer submitted by JSW Steel. "It is the only company which submitted the final bid. The bid was submitted by the company on February 22." The queries to the companies remained unanswered. The company had earlier said that discussions with the investor are confined to lenders and the management is not involved at this stage. Monnet Ispat has a de-risked business portfolio that encompasses manufacturing and marketing of sponge iron, steel and ferro alloys. MIEL is also engaged in mining of minerals like coal and iron ore.
Company said it needs to maintain its market share of 15% if steel capacity and demand continue to grow
Monnet's debt increased from Rs 8,606.50 cr in FY13 to Rs 12,499.70 cr in FY15; lenders invoked SDR
The main issue with the JSW Steel proposal is the cut the lenders will have to take
JSW wants to absorb Bhushan Steel's Rs 45,000 cr debts at huge discount, seeks management change
JSW steel long-term vision is to become a 40 million tonne steel company
In 2015, JSW Energy had signed a non-binding agreement for Monnet Power, but it later backed out
Will bid for more iron ore mines as and when it comes up for auction, says senior management official
Italy's government has been trying to find a bidder for the plant, Europe's largest by output capacity
Flat steel production at 9.58 lakh tonne, up 30% on annual basis
Cost pressure will stay but volume growth expected to remain strong
Revenue in the second quarter stood at Rs 14,421 crore, up from Rs 11,993 crore in the same quarter last year
Thus far in 2016, the stock rallied 76% as compared to 8% rise in the S&P BSE Sensex.
Captive source of raw material to augur well for steel producer; estimated reserves of the five mines is 111 million tonnes
Company had clocked an output of about 1.07 MT during the same month in 2015, it said in a regulatory filing
It has two air separation plants, each with a capacity of 2,500 tonnes per day, in Bellary District of Karnataka
Rising volumes, improving realisations and softer input prices pushed performance; however, Sept quarter likely to be softer
Net sales of the steel producer stood at Rs 12,709 crore in the period under review, up 3% from same period last year
The company also completed very low-cost and returns-accretive capacity expansion projects at Vijayanagar, Dolvi and Salem
The firm also has an objective of achieving a capacity of 40 MTPA in the next decade