Nalco shines on securing supply of important raw materials

23 Apr 2012 Evaluate

National Aluminium Company (Nalco) is currently trading at Rs. 56.70, up by 0.15 points or 0.27% from its previous closing of Rs. 56.55 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 57.10 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 57.15 and Rs. 56.15 respectively. So far 63897 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 5 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 97.00 on 26-Apr-2011 and a 52 week low of Rs. 48.00 on 24-Nov-2011.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 60.80 and Rs. 55.85 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 14587.17 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 87.15% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 9.13% and 3.73% respectively. 

National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has in principle secured supply of all important raw materials like bauxite, limestone, coal and caustic soda from Gujarat government for its proposed one lakh tonnes a year alumina project in Gujarat. Government is likely to provide raw materials through two state-promoted outfits for the proposed Rs 4,500 crore (first phase) refinery project in the state.

The company is entering into joint venture with Gujarat Minerals Development Corporation (GMDC) for this upcoming project, where it will be holding majority stake and GMDC will hold a minority stake between 10% and 26%. Apart from providing bauxite 3 million tonnes per year, GMDC will also supply coal (lignite) and limestone.

NALCO, which started its commercial operations in 1987 has been earning profits consistently and has been declaring dividends since 1992. Since its inception, the company has paid Rs 4171.25 crore as dividend including Rs 3637.16 crore to Government of India. In addition, the company had also repaid an amount of Rs 644.31 crore to its shareholders during 1999 by reducing the capital base by 50%.

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