Chintan Mehta of Sunidhi Securities feels JSPL has received good valuations and the deal will prove to be earnings per share (EPS) accretive
Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL) may consider an initial public offering (IPO) for its steel plant in 6-12 months, says Naveen Jindal, the company's chairman, in an interview to CNBC-TV18.
Ravi Uppal, MD & CEO of JSPL says that the company has been approached by various parties for JPL stake as well as for standalone power assets.
Speaking to CNBC-TV18‘s Rituparna Bhuyan, Uppal says that the industry will ask for a minimum import prices from the government, which will be based on reasonable cost of production.
The company posted a consolidated loss of Rs 339 crore in the quarter ended June against net profit of Rs 418 crore in the same quarter last year.
Speaking to CNBC-TV18, Ravi Uppal, Managing Director and CEO of JSPL says the company expects to do well with improvement in the market sentiment and the company‘s earnings.
If it has to be a level playing field for the Indian steel industry the import duty must be increased to 25 percent, said Ravi Uppal MD & CEO, JSPL.
After negotiating for bulk sale, IDBI offloaded 10 percent in CARE to LIC for Rs 421 crore. The bank's deputy MD BK Batra informed that the bank has strategic stake in various companies which are quite valuable today.
While the company is mulling various options to tackle this problem, Ravi Uppal, managing director and chief executive officer, JSPL says the government shouldn‘t forget the quantum of power capacity that is now at stake due to the cancelled bids- 3500 MW.
Swarup however declined to say if the government suspected cartelization, adding that it was too early to say if the bids for these 8 blocks would be cancelled
Dole says losing Mandakini block is a sentiment deterrent for Adani Power, but the Jitpur block should help Adani Power tie up coal for its Korba plant
Adi Godrej, chairman, Godrej Industries is confident that the constitutional amendment to goods and services tax (GST) will be passed in this Budget session. He expects FY16 GDP to be around 8.4-8.5 percent.
Last week was a rollercoaster ride for Jindal Steel & Power at the coal auctions. The company successfully retained the richest mine for the lowest price but also missed out on one block.
Chintan J Mehta, Sunidhi Securities says JSPL has applied for IV/7 which erstwhile belonged to Sharda. If it wins IV/7, margins will not be affected much, but if it has to go for e-auction route perhaps margins could come down
Jindal Steel and Power Limited today won the Gare Palma IV/2&3 coal mine at Rs 108 per tonne each.
In a reprieve to JSPL, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday overruled the government‘s decision to reserve the Gare Palma IV/6 and Utkal B blocks for the power sector.
GD Mundra, director, Sarda Energy & Minerals believes the Delhi High Court wants prior allottees to be given an opportunity to bid for their own mine as based on them these companies have set up end-use plants.
Ravi Uppal, managing director, JSPL is confident of starting its international mines businesses by March. The company has mines in both Mozambique and Australia.
The government of India needs to take steps to protect the domestic steel producers, says Ravi Uppal, MD & CEO, Jindal Steel & Power Limited.
Ravi Uppal, managing director and CEO of JSPL says the plants are being run based on the inventory of iron ore lumps that it had, along with the supplies it is getting from the Tensa mine.
The government has proposed an ordinance to allow e-auction of mines to private players while adding that state-run companies would be allocated mines directly.
Post SC verdict on coal block allocation, JSPL cracked around 15 percent Monday. The stock has bounced back after two days of intense selling. It witnessed some buying at lower levels on Wednesday.
Demand is slowly picking up and by next year the capacity will increase by 10 percent, says JSPL's K Rajagopal.
For Jindal Power (JPL), Ravi Uppal expects the total capacity to go about 2,800 MW, after the commissioning of three units of 600 Mega Watts.
MD and CEO Ravi Uppal said, "PAT has not been as good as we had in Q3 last year, reason being that we have the additional load of interest and depreciation plus the price realisation has not been as good as we had last year."