Steel Authority of India, (SAIL) has announced its third quarter results. The company's Q3 net profit was down 34% at Rs 1,107 crore versus 1675 crore, year-on-year, YoY.
Its revenues were up 14.5% at Rs 11312 crore versus Rs.9878 crore.
Its OPM was down at 15.9% versus 26.1%
Concerns
- Lower than expected realisations
- Blended realisations decline 2% QoQ
- Blended realisations at `35000
- EBITDA/t down 37% at $112/t YoY
- EBITDA down on higher raw material costs
- Raw material costs up 37% YoY
- SAIL bought coking coal at $205/t
- Volumes neutralised cost push
- Increase in steel volumes up 7% at 3.25 mt QoQ
SAIL
- Q3FY11 Coking Coal Price
- Rise in coking coal a big worry
- Coking coal comprises of 42% of operating costs
- No captive availability of coking coal
- Will impact profitability if coking coal prices increase
- Operating cost/t to rise by 0.7% on every $10 hike
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