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Updated On: 06 Jun 2024 | 11:04 AM IST

SRF saw strong demand from overseas markets, higher capacity-utilisation of facilities and significant cost-savings across all product streams

Updated On: 30 Jan 2023 | 5:18 PM IST

Chemicals maker Anupam Rasayan India Ltd on Friday posted a 43.61 per cent jump in its consolidated net profit to Rs 54.43 crore in the third quarter of the current fiscal. The company's net profit stood at Rs 37.90 crore in the same quarter of the previous fiscal, according to a regulatory filing. Total revenue on a consolidated basis increased to Rs 388.78 crore during October-December quarter of 2022-23 from Rs 271.12 crore in the year-ago period. Expenses remained higher at Rs 313.45 crore as against 211.80 crore in the said period. Commenting on the performance, Anupam Rasayan Managing Director Anand Desai said: ...despite unavailability of the certain capacities during the quarter, we were able to deliver growth on YoY basis. If you adjust the deferred revenue due to capacity constrain then our growth would have been around 25 per cent during the quarter." On January 4, the company restarted operations in one of its two plants post receipt of revocation of closure order. Wit

Updated On: 27 Jan 2023 | 3:03 PM IST

The stock hit a high of Rs 476 and a low of Rs 440.2 on NSE; firm's IPO was subscribed 32 times

Updated On: 21 Nov 2022 | 11:39 PM IST

Agro chemicals firm Dhanuka Agritech Ltd on Tuesday posted a 15.22 per cent jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 73.02 crore for the second quarter ended September, mainly on the back of higher income. The Gurugram-based company had reported a net profit of Rs 63.37 crore in the same quarter previous fiscal, according to a regulatory filing. The company also said its board has approved buying back 10 lakh shares at Rs 850 a share, or up to Rs 85 crore. The buyback would subject to all applicable statutory approvals. Net income increased 23 per cent on a consolidated basis to Rs 548.39 crore in the latest September quarter. In the year-ago period, the same stood at Rs 445.75 crore. Expenses remained higher at Rs 450.42 crore as against Rs 361.41 crore in the year-ago period. The board has fixed November 18 as the record date for the buyback offer. Shares of the company rose 1.51 per cent to Rs 737.70 in afternoon trade on BSE.

Updated On: 01 Nov 2022 | 2:55 PM IST

Agro chemicals firm Best Agrolife Ltd has clocked an over five-fold jump in its consolidated net profit at Rs 129.81 crore for the quarter ended September on higher sales. Its net profit stood at Rs 25.18 crore in the year-ago period, the company said in a statement. Total income also more than doubled to Rs 701.17 crore in the second quarter of this fiscal year from Rs 324.71 crore in the corresponding period of the previous year. Best Agrolife Managing Director Vimal Alawadhi said the sales of newly launched products have been good. "Our plants have achieved higher capacity utilization and we have many revolutionary products in the pipeline," he added. Alawadhi said the company's R&D team specialises in innovating new molecules. "We have crafted a niche for ourselves in the agrochemical industry by receiving one or two patents for significant formulations consecutively in the last few years," he said. Alawadhi said the company would come up with tailor-made crop solutions to t

Updated On: 23 Oct 2022 | 5:11 PM IST

In the last two years, Nocil's profit grew more than five-fold to 664.8 million Indian rupees ($8.07 million)

Updated On: 19 Oct 2022 | 2:48 PM IST

Under 'One Nation One Fertiliser' all fertiliser bags, irrespective of their contents or the company that manufactures them, will carry a uniform brand name called "Bharat"

Updated On: 26 Aug 2022 | 12:39 AM IST

Company has increased capex for the business to tap into new opportunities

Updated On: 26 Jul 2022 | 9:36 PM IST

Of the 11,000-odd units in the state, which account for nearly 40 per cent of India's chemical output, almost a third have turned sick

Updated On: 17 Jun 2022 | 5:37 PM IST

Analyst believe the company should benefit from debottlenecking of the phosphoric acid plant as well as from an increased share of newly-launched, high margin, crop-protection products in FY23.

Updated On: 25 May 2022 | 2:46 PM IST

Analysts believe that Aether's multiple chemistry competencies to use for a wide array of products makes it a distinguished market player compared to other chemical companies

Updated On: 24 May 2022 | 7:03 AM IST

This could aid overall profitability, even though other segments may see margin moderation

Updated On: 13 May 2022 | 2:15 AM IST

Six persons died in a fire accident in a chemical factory located in Akkireddygudem in the district and 12 others sustained burns, police said on Thursday.

Updated On: 14 Apr 2022 | 9:19 AM IST

India Glycols informed that post successful installation of grain based distillery unit at Gorakhpur, trial runs are in progress and the same would be commissioned by May 15, 2022.

Updated On: 01 Apr 2022 | 11:26 AM IST

The MoU would prove beneficial in view of the affected supply chain of potash due to the Ukraine-Russia war and escalating cost of potash and other fertilisers supplied from that region

Updated On: 22 Mar 2022 | 6:38 AM IST

Q2 of 2021-22 saw lower margins due to cost pressures

Updated On: 23 Dec 2021 | 12:41 AM IST

The company on Tuesday reported a 28.57 per cent decline in its net profit

Updated On: 09 Nov 2021 | 9:53 PM IST

UPL has been accused by the country's environment department of illegally storing hazardous chemicals.

Updated On: 07 Oct 2021 | 1:13 PM IST

Meghmani Finechem was demerged from Meghmani Organics during FY21 to empower the company grow its Chlor-Alkali business

Updated On: 04 Oct 2021 | 2:13 PM IST