NMDC surges on the bourses

15 Oct 2020 Evaluate

NMDC is currently trading at Rs. 80.80, up by 0.85 points or 1.06% from its previous closing of Rs. 79.95 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 80.10 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 82.40 and Rs. 79.90 respectively. So far 308089 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 1 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 139.50 on 23-Jan-2020 and a 52 week low of Rs. 62.00 on 13-Mar-2020.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 85.25 and Rs. 78.05 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 24800.98 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 69.65%, while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 25.78% and 4.58% respectively.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given its in-principle approval to the demerger of Nagarnar Steel Plant (NSP) from NMDC and strategic disinvestment of the demerged company (NSP) by selling entire Government of India stake in it to a strategic buyer. NMDC, under the Ministry of Steel, is constructing the steel plant at Nagarnar in Chhattisgarh. The CCEA has taken note that the process of demerger and disinvestment will be initiated in parallel and disinvestment of the demerged company (NSP) is expected to be completed by September 2021.

With the demerger, NMDC can focus on its core activities of mining. NSP shall be a separate company and the managements of NMDC and NSP shall be accountable for their respective operations and financial performance. Shareholders of NMDC will also be shareholders of the demerged company (NSP) in the proportion of their shareholding. The investors will have better visibility of the operations and cash flow of NMDC and NSP separately.

NMDC is a state controlled mineral producer of the Government of India. It is fully owned by the Government of India and is under administrative control of the Ministry of Steel.

 

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