In a Q&A, V R Sharma says the Oman asset sale has helped ease the firm's balance sheet; the deal was part of a plan to prune the company's debt by about a third
While some companies have chalked out a relatively long-term plan to increase market penetration, others are seeing rural demand bounce back to pre-Covid levels
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Supported by strong domestic demand in China, healthy exports, and rebound in domestic demand, global brokerage Morgan Stanley believes the steel industry's profitability cycle is turning faster
Improving realisations and cheaper raw material should help profitability, though domestic demand is yet to reach pre-Covid levels
While the firm's defence division does not import from China, its other businesses source products from that country.
He said that the stainless steel sector has a direct correlation with the GDP growth of the country
Even though the country is yet to lift the lockdown completely, JSL is recapturing its share in export markets and is ramping up domestic production volumes
According to a source close to the development, the railway requirement will be about 1,000 track kilometre or approximately 120,000 tonnes of zinc every year
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During the third quarter of FY20, JSPL recorded a growth of 30 per cent in sales at 1.66 MT, as against 1.27 million tonnes a year-ago.
Investor sentiment perked up after US national security adviser Robert O'Brien on Saturday said an initial trade agreement with China was still possible by the end of the year
The company had posted a loss of Rs 36.44 crore in the year-ago period, JSL said in a filing to the BSE
Prakash Industries on Wednesday emerged as the highest bidder for Bhaskarpara coal block in Chhattisgarh, an official said. Birla Corporation had on Tuesday bagged the Brahmapuri mine in Madhya Pradesh, the official said quoting the results of e-auction for coal mines under the eight tranche. Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) was the highest bidder for Gare Palma IV/1 coal block in Chhattisgarh with a bid price of Rs 230 per tonne on Monday. Birla Corporation Ltd bagged the Bikram coal block in Madhya Pradesh with a bid price of Rs 154 per tonne last week. Six mines are on offer. Auctions for four blocks have been completed, the official said. The bidding for Jagannathpur B block and Jamkhani block will take place on Thursday and Friday, respectively. Bhaskarpara coal block was previously allocated to Bhaskarpara Coal Company Ltd (BCCL) -- a joint venture of Electrotherm (India) Ltd and Ultratech Cement Ltd, while Brahmapuri mine was previously allocated to Pushp Steels & ...
JSPL, on a consolidated level, produced 1.99 million tonnes of steel and related products and sold 1.82 million tonnes.
Essar Shipping-owned vessel carries 105,000 tonnes of limestone for JSPL; Gopalpur is undertaking an expansion plan entailing dredging of the channel to enable it to receive large ships
Jindal Steel & Power (JSPL) on Sunday said it has set a target of reducing its net debt by more than Rs 10,000 crore to below Rs 30,000 crore in the next two years. "JSPL has set target to reduce its net debt by more than Rs 10,000 crore to below Rs 30,000 crore and take EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) to more than Rs 12,000 crore on a consolidated yearly basis over the next two years," a company statement said. JSPl chairman Naveen Jindal disclosed his plans at the company's 40th AGM in Hisar on September 27, 2019. Jindal said, though there is slowdown, the company is comfortably placed in the market with value added and niche products. The company would be more aggressive in marketing its products and would continue to look to divest the non-core assets, to reduce debt to the target level, he added. "The company has successfully reduced its net debt by more than Rs 4,000 crore in the last fiscal and will continue to work towards doubling the
Findings trace past linkages of Jindal Steel & Power, GMR Holdings, Apollo Hospitals, Kolte-Patil Developers to such entities
Jindal Stainless sees a long-term demand for their products from the railways and is aiming to strengthen its ties with it