On Wednesday, prices of petrol touched a 15-month of Rs 68.65 a litre in Delhi, while diesel was seen at Rs 62.66 a litre
For the first time, the OMCs have invited bids from private players online to ensure transparency and the bidding process would be conducted by an independent agency
Share prices for the 3 PSU stocks plummeted through the April-October period. There is now a rebound. In the past 30 days, BPCL is up 18%, HPCL is up 15% and IOC is up 6.5%
Margins may go back to Re 1 or Rs 1.5 a litre, if the oil marketing companies aren't able to pass on the crude price hike to the consumer
Higher refining margins, rising demand, new capacities and improving profitability in fuel retailing to drive earnings
Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) has floated tenders to start operations from its Kodingamali bauxite lease.In the first year of operations, OMC, a state run entity, targets to produce 1.5 million tonnes. From second year onwards, the output is set to expand to three million tonnes per annum (mtpa), said a government official in the know.The commencement of operations from Kodingamali mine would mark OMC's foray into bauxite mining. Though OMC has a few bauxite mines in its kitty, the mines have not been able to start operations as they lack the regulatory clearances. Bauxite deposits at Karlapat and Sasubohumali despite being reserved in OMC's favour have not opened up for want of environment and forest clearances.Bauxite mining from Kodingamali is also expected to come to the rescue of alumina units struggling to arrange raw material from local sources, notably the Lanjigarh refinery owned by Vedanta. The Lanjigarh refinery is currently fed entirely by bauxite sourced from other ...
OMC continued its stand to hike base prices of lumps and fines
Besides, the weighted average price adopted by OMC is higher than the market price
Improvement largely fuelled by better refining margins
Strong underlying demand for petroleum products in the country is a big positive for OMCs
Good timing of assets' buy; fuel rate raise to up gross margins in line with medium-term averages