India has diverted coal supplies from the non-power sector, and put on hold plans for some fuel auctions, in a bid to ensure coal availability for utilities and tackle widespread power outages
According to Vinay Rajani of HDFC Securities, metal as a sector has been outperforming for a while and technical setup of the metal index is much stronger than Nifty.
National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) on Monday said its December quarter consolidated profit surged over three times to Rs 830.67 crore. The company had posted a profit of Rs 239.71 crore for the year-ago period, Nalco said in a filing to BSE. Income during the quarter increased to Rs 3,845.25 crore over Rs 2,414.95 crore in the year-ago period, the filing said. The company paid final dividend of Rs 1 per equity share amounting to Rs 183.66 crore for 2020-21. With this, the total amount of dividend payout for 2020-21 is Rs 3.50 per equity share -- interim dividend of Rs 2.50 per share and final dividend of Rs 1 per share amounting to Rs 644.27 crore.
The Nifty Metal index can clock a new high, if it manages to cross and sustain above the 6,000-mark.
Amaraja Batteries, Apollo Hospitals, Ashok Leyland, Bharat Forge, BPL, Glenmark Pharma, Hero MotoCorp, Vodafone Idea, National Aluminium, Reliance Capital, SpiceJet and Suzlon are some of the stocks
The stock of Hindalco is attempting to close decisively above the resistance of Rs 475 with strong volume
The company had reported a consolidated profit of Rs 16.69 crore in the year-ago period.
Zinc, aluminium poised for correction as prices move ahead of fundamentals
National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) is a navratna CPSE under the Ministry of Mines
Industry claims imports made in auto sector's name being diverted to other areas such as electrical transmission and utensils
Though Nalco has charted a new business model to make it immune to vagaries of the metal business, the plans may to take 2-3 years to deliver outcomes
Metal stocks gained after China said it will hold trade talks with the United States in early October, raising hopes they can de-escalate their trade war.
As part of its corporate diversification strategy, National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has identified merchant mining as its next key focus area. Along with commercial mining of bauxite, the navratna PSU is eyeing acquisition of cobalt and lithium abroad.Traditionally, Nalco's focus has been on alumina and aluminium business though the company has diversified to wind power and is actively pursuing upstream integration plans like caustic soda and coal tar pitch plants. Alumina sales which contribute nearly three fourths to Nalco's Ebitda (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) have driven its profitability over the years."We are attaching huge emphasis on merchant mining. Nalco is gearing up to participate at the auctions of bauxite blocks on offer in the states of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. With its proven expertise in captive bauxite mining and its entire value chain, Nalco can effectively take up mining on commercial scale and meet the ...