SAIL advances on plans of investing Rs 1.5 lakh crore for increasing hot metal making capacity

31 Jul 2014 Evaluate

Steel Authority of India (SAIL) is currently trading at Rs. 88.70, up by 1.35 points or 1.55 % from its previous closing of Rs. 87.35 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 87.85 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 88.80 and Rs. 86.90 respectively. So far 95854 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 112.90 on 09-Jun-2014 and a 52 week low of Rs. 37.65 on 07-Aug-2013.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 91.90 and Rs. 85.85 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 36555.15 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 80.00 % while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 16.65 % and 3.34 % respectively.

Steel Authority of India (SAIL) is planning to invest around Rs 1.5 lakh crore to increase its hot metal making capacity. In this regard, the company has prepared a draft plan (Vision-2025) to increase its hot metal production to around 50 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) by 2025 from  23 mtpa (in a phased manner), mainly through brown-field expansion.

At present, SAIL is raising its hot metal capacity to 23.4 mtpa from 13.8 mtpa now with Rs 72,000 crore investment. Expansions are at the advanced stages of implementation.

SAIL is India's largest steel producing company. The company is among the five Maharatnas of the country's Central Public Sector Enterprises. The company has five integrated steel plants, three special plants, and one subsidiary in different parts of the country.

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