BS ReporterHyderabad, 3 April: Sale and production of iron ore by NMDC Limited has gone up by 23 percent and 20 percent respectively in the year ending March 31, 2017. However a similar growth in profitability is unlikely as the iron ore prices started firming only towards the second half of the financial year, according to the company sources.The company has achieved a total production of 34.07 million tonnes of iron ore in 2016-17 as compared to 28.57 million tonnes in the previous year while the sales volumes stood at 35.62 million tonnes as compared to 28.83 million tonnes in 2015-16, according to the company data."Though sales have increased by close to 7 million tonnes over the previous year, we expect a marginal improvement in profits because the company was able to raise the prices from October, 2016 on wards while in the previous months we were reducing the prices in line with global trends as well as the domestic demand," a company official told Business Standard. Taking ...
NMDC had invested Rs 1,222.65 cr till September 2016 to set up the integrated steel plant
NMDC and defence PSU Midhani signed an MoU in last year to explore suitable tungsten assets in India
Profit growth may seem muted, but it was ahead of estimates if one-off transactions are excluded
Total income from operations up 65% at Rs 2,498 crore; expenses up 22% to Rs 1,526 cr
As on July 2016, ore stockpiles at mines in Odisha and Jharkhand stood at 145 mn tonne, up 12% y-o-y
Meanwhile, global prices of iron ore remained stable at around $70 a tonne
The plant is expected to start trial production by mid-2017
The decline was mainly due to the increase in selling expenses including freight outs
The 3-mtpa steel project has been earmarked by the Centre for sale to strategic buyers
Thus far in October, the stock up 23% post closure of share buyback offer, as compared to 0.11% rise in Sensex.
Increase in prices as well as volumes a positive
The iron ore miner, with a strong balance sheet, remains a good investment
With volumes improving and realisations having stabilised, the iron ore miner with a strong balance sheet remains a good investment
Rising costs, sales decline impact bottom line
Minister did not elaborate further on the structure of the group or the study
Global iron ore prices, up 16% in a month, could come under pressure again on more supplies
A major portion of the buyback will go to the govt, which owns 80% in the Hyderabad-based minerals explorer
NMDC incurred a capex of Rs 3,679 crore in 2015-16, Rs 3,138 crore in 2014-15
Govt wants to raise Rs 36,000 crore from share buybacks by companies including NMDC, CIL and NALCO