The Anil Agarwal-led group is tapping foreign hedge funds and global investors as it readies funding for the acquisition, which will mark its foray into real estate and cement and strengthen its power generation capacity
Konkola Copper Mines has reserves and resources of 16 million tonnes of highest grade copper. The mine also has cobalt reserves and resources amounting to 412,000 tonnes, reinforcing its potential as one of the top five cobalt producers globally.
The ongoing demerger proposes to create natural resource entities which will further result in creation of downstream industries and more jobs, said Vedanta's Anil Agarwal, adding that the demand for critical minerals and transition metals 'continues to grow at a double-digit rate'.
The move comes as the mining conglomerate seeks to raise funds to ramp up production at one of the world's largest high-grade copper deposits.
The rating agency bumped up the parent of Indian miner Vedanta to "B+" from "B" with a stable outlook and removed it from credit watch.
The release of encumbered shares has led to a significant deleveraging at the group level, bringing it to the lowest level in a decade.
"Government will divest 1.25% equity with an additional 1.25% as green shoe option," Secretary DIPAM has said. Over 5.28 crore shares of face value Rs 2 each is the base offer for the OFS, with an equal amount as a green shoe option.
On July 25, global rating agency S&P upgraded Vedanta Resources credit rating to B- from CCC+ on the back of improving capital structure and liquidity.
"We believe Vedanta Resources Ltd has sufficient internal resources to meet debt maturities until December 2025, following recent funds raised and improved dividend capacity at its subsidiaries," S&P said in a statement.
Vedanta Resources' arm deposited $245.75 million in line with the settlement with the Zambian government, which allowed the resumption of the company's management control
The miner, owned by billionaire Anil Agarwal, had in November 2023 regained control of the copper mines and smelter, which the Zambian administration had seized in 2019, but needed to pay creditors of the mines to revive operations.
Vedanta Ltd has planned a capex of $1.9 billion and intends to reduce the working capital requirement.
Profit attributable to equity holders (before special items) however slipped marginally to USD 31 million.
Vedanta announced the demerger of its business to create 6 different entities on September 29. The newly created entities will be Vedanta Aluminium, Vedanta Oil and Gas, Vedanta Power, Vedanta Steel and Ferrous Materials, Vedanta Base Materials and Vedanta Ltd.
Vedanta Aluminium, a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources, recently commissioned a 1.5-million-tonnes-per-annum (mtpa) facility at its alumina refinery in Lanjigarh, Odisha.
The financial year 2025 maturities of USD 1,100 million and close to USD 750 million of interest servicing would be managed through brand fees, dividends from operating companies, asset monetisation and other strategic initiatives.
Maturities of $3.2 billion in bonds were successfully extended to 2029, the company said.
The issue rating on the UK- and India-based miner's April 2026 bond (which was not part of the liability management transaction) remains 'CCC' and on CreditWatch with developing implications.
The debt restructuring comes at a higher cost but gives the parent company a two-year breather to focus on ongoing aluminium/zinc capex, Nuvama has said
The company’s ratings reflect its unsustainable capital structure characterised by high financial leverage at the holding company and its perennially weak liquidity amid a period of continued large negative free cash flow, Moody’s said.
The growth in mined metal production, which stood at 271 kilo tonne (kt) in Q3, was "driven by mix of improved mined metal grades and higher ore production" at two mining facilities, Vedanta said
With this, Vedanta has achieved the required consent from at least two-thirds of the bondholders to proceed with the restructuring plan
At present, the company is keeping a high watch on developments and the government advisory, and releasing guidelines to the employees on the same basis
The stock has fallen nearly 20 percent this year, underperforming the Sensex, which has risen 15 percent during the time
Cerberus Capital leads the funding round with a $300 million cheque.