GHCL jumps on inking two MoUs to invest Rs 3450 crore in Gujarat

12 Jan 2024 Evaluate

GHCL is currently trading at Rs. 613.95, up by 18.25 points or 3.06% from its previous closing of Rs. 595.70 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 596.15 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 628.00 and Rs. 590.65 respectively. So far 25058 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 659.00 on 18-Sep-2023 and a 52 week low of Rs. 464.90 on 30-Jan-2023.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 628.00 and Rs. 587.45 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 5876.97 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 19.03%, while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 33.28% and 47.70% respectively.

GHCL has signed two Memorandum of understandings (MoUs), at the Vibrant Gujarat Summit, for investing Rs 3450 crore in Gujarat. The first MoU signed was for an investment of Rs 2500 crore in the Kutch district of Gujarat and will be used for the second phase expansion of the Greenfield Soda Ash plant and setting up a Vacuum salt plant. The investment in these projects will be spread over a period of four years and will provide direct and indirect employment to more than 10,000 people.

The second MoU was signed for Rs 950 crore investment in Bhavnagar, in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat towards the mining of Bentonite and Sand. Bentonite and Sand are a part of the over burden found during lignite mining. Bentonite will be marketed to various industries to be mainly used as a raw material for fertilizers, foundries, cosmetics and pharma industries to name a few. Sand is utilized as a raw material in construction industries. 

GHCL is engaged in primarily two segments consisting of Inorganic Chemicals (mainly manufacture and sale of Soda Ash) and Home Textile division (comprising of yarn manufacturing, weaving, processing and cutting and sewing of home textiles products).


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