MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

 

Report Date :

03.12.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

AUSTRAL COKE AND PROJECTS LIMITED

 

 

Formerly Known As :

NRE STOCKNET LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Diamond Chamber, 4th Chowringhee Lane, Block No.2, 7th Floor, Unit No.7- I, Kolkata – 700016, West Bengal

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2007

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

22.04.1994

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

063008

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U67120WB1994PLC063008

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

CALA08598C

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AABCN1393B

 

 

Legal Form :

A Closely Held Public Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacture and Sale of Low Ash Metallurgical Coke and Refractory

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

Satisfactory

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 4000000

 

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

No Complaints

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well – established and reputed company. Trade relations are fair. Business is active. No complaints have been heard from market sources.

 

The company can be considered good for normal business dealings.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

Diamond Chamber, 4th Chowringhee Lane, Block No.2, 7th Floor, Unit No.7- I, Kolkata – 700016, West Bengal, India

Tel. No.:

91-33-64138452/ 22521799

Fax No.:

91-33-22521799

Website :

http://www.australcoke.com

 

 

Corporate Office :

Gremach House, 1and 2 Floor, Killedar Building # 1, Opposite MTNL, Near 24 Karat Cinema, S V Road, Jogeshwari (West), Mumbai – 400102, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-67240000

Fax No.:

91-22-67420100

 

 

Factory Division :

Gujarat
Survey No. 352.353/1, 353/2, Village- Lunva, Taluka: Bhachau, District Kutch, Gujarat, India

91- 2837-297201

 

Goa

Survey No.27, Ville Padve, District Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, India

91- 2837-297201

 

 

Branch Office :

R. No. 99-A 3rd, Block No.10, Old Post Office Street, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Ratan Lal Tamakhuwala

Designation :

Chairman

 

 

Name :

Mr. Rishi Raj Agarwal

Designation :

Managing Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Rajendra Kumar Khaitan

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. S. K. Chowdhary

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. B. Samal

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. M K Sinha

Designation :

Director

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. Harmesh Mandvia

Designation :

Key Executive

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacture and Sale of Low Ash Metallurgical Coke and Refractory

 

 

Products :

  • Coke
  • Refractory
  • Power Plant

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Bankers :

Not Available

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

-

 

 

Auditors :

Not Available

 

 

Group Companies  :

  • Gremach Infrastructure Equipments and Projects Limited
  • Armstrong Infrastructure and Projects Limited
  • Austral Infrastructure Private Limited
  • Gremach Infrastructure Private Limited
  • Wallford India Infrastructure Reality (P) Limited
  • Astra Energy Limited SARL (Guinea)

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

50000000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.500.000 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

16603494

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.166.035 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

166.000

69.700

43.400

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

681.800

331.800

59.200

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

847.800

401.500

102.600

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

529.800

398.600

113.500

2] Unsecured Loans

38.300

169.000

39.500

TOTAL BORROWING

568.100

567.600

153.000

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

1415.900

969.100

255.600

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

795.600

731.800

195.600

Capital work-in-progress

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

13.600

0.000

0.000

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

170.600

73.200

10.700

 

Sundry Debtors

508.100

341.200

135.000

 

Cash & Bank Balances

325.400

31.000

47.300

 

Other Current Assets

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

256.900

120.900

61.800

Total Current Assets

1261.000

566.300

254.800

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

635.300

242.200

150.800

 

Provisions

23.400

4.700

2.300

Total Current Liabilities

658.700

246.900

153.100

Net Current Assets

602.300

319.400

101.700

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

4.400

4.900

2.100

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

1415.900

969.100

255.600

 


 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

Sales Turnover

1763.800

1218.500

424.900

Other Income

39.000

2.700

0.100

Total Income

1802.800

1221.200

425.000

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

137.300

32.700

20.200

Provision for Taxation

45.800

12.500

7.400

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

91.500

20.200

12.800

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Raw Materials

1053.300

701.300

9.300

 

Manufacturing Expenses

172.200

72.800

0.000

 

Employees Cost

8.500

5.300

1.200

 

Administrative Expenses

384.400

409.800

389.100

 

Miscellaneous Expenses

0.500

0.700

0.000

 

Interest

54.700

15.300

3.100

 

Depreciation & Amortization

92.200

43.200

9.300

 

Stock Adjustment

(100.300)

(59.900)

(7.200)

Total Expenditure

1665.500

1188.500

404.800

 

 

SUMMARISED RESULTS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

31.03.2008

 Type

 

 

 Full Year

 Sales Turnover

 

 

 1763.800

 Other Income

 

 

 39.000

 Total Income

 

 

 1802.800

 Total Expenditure

 

 

 1518.600

 Operating Profit

 

 

 284.200

 Interest

 

 

 54.700

 Gross Profit

 

 

 229.500

 Depreciation

 

 

 92.200

 Tax

 

 

 16.100

 Reported PAT

 

 

 91.500

 

 

QUARTERLY RESULTS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

30.06.2008

30.09.2008

 Type

 

 1st Quarter

 2nd Quarter

 Sales Turnover

 

 833.800

 1330.700

 Other Income

 

 2.600

 0.900

 Total Income

 

 836.400

 1331.600

 Total Expenditure

 

 455.700

 950.400

 Operating Profit

 

 380.700

 381.200

 Interest

 

 49.900

 34.800

 Gross Profit

 

 330.800

 346.400

 Depreciation

 

 73.500

 80.200

 Tax

 

 87.700

 90.800

 Reported PAT

 

 169.600

 175.400

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

HISTORY

 

The company was originally incorporated as NRE Stocknet Limited on April 22, 1994. The company name was changed to Net Interactive Limited with effect from June 16, 1998 and further company was changed as subject with effect from September 14, 2005. 

 
The company main activity is to manufacture the LAM coke and refractory, trading of textile and to provide rental of construction /earthmoving machineries to medium / large construction companies which are engaged in the business of constructing/building of roads, airports, power projects, institutional & industrial complexes, multiplexes and residential buildings and other related infrastructural activities more importantly catering to Public Sector undertakings, private sector, CPWD and various national & international government aided projects. 

 
Subject has fulfill the requirements of the foundries, blast furnaces, zinc smelters, cement and the Ferro alloy industry and offers advantages like consistency in quality, sizing and uniform temperature thereby reducing cold spots and metal wastage. The metallurgical coke division continues to be optimistic about the future with increasing demand for pig iron in the steel and automobile sectors and growth in Ferro alloys, cast iron castings and cement industries. 

 

 

WEBSITE DETAILS:

 

PROFILE:

 

Subject incorporated in 1994, is engaged in the manufacture and sale of low ash metallurgical coke and refractory in India.

 

LAM Coke produced by company is used as a reducing agent in blast furnaces for reducing iron ore into hot metal in steel, foundries, zinc smelters, cement and Ferro alloy industries.

 

It also deals in trading of textiles and rentals of construction and earthmoving machineries to medium/large construction companies.

 

Currently it has capacity to produce 375,000 MT coke per annum which is planned to increase up to 525,000 MT per annum by FY’09.

 

Current capacity utilization of LAM Coke plant is 65% of 175,000 MTPA which is expected to increase up to 75% of 525,000 MTPA by FY'09.

 

 

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS:

 

2008:

Company through its subsidiary Astra Mining Limitada, Mozambique, acquired six prospective licenses admeasuring 100,000 hectares in Mozambique. This acquisition will provide raw material security to Austral.

 

2007:

Gremach Infrastructure bought 75% stake in 11 coal mines in Mozambique to provide feedstock security for Gremach group firm Austral.

 

 

PROMOTERS PROFILE:

 

MR. RATAN LAL TAMAKHUWALA

 

Mr. Ratan Lal Tamakhuwala (63 years) is the executive chairman and promoter of the company. He is graduate and having experience in the technical side of the business. He is fully well versed in Coke oven technology and has given consultancy to various Coke ovens all over India. He has a rich experience in visiting various Coke oven and coal mines all over the world especially in countries like China and Australia. In 1972, he joined M/S. Sanjay Udyog and took charge of their associate concern, M/s. Nirsa Coke Ovens - Dhanbad. He equipped himself with the intricate details of the technical & manufacturing aspects of coke during his career stint. He was one of the promoters of Gujarat NRE Coke Limited. However due to family dispute he has disassociated from the company with effect from 1997. Mr. R. L. Tamakhuwala is an active social worker, Director of Lions Club, in the managing committee of several social institutes. He is also a member of the committee of CII for community development.

 

MR. RISHI RAJ AGARWAL

 

Mr. Rishi Raj Agarwal (37 years) is a commerce graduate. He was in coal & coke trading since early age especially with Coal India Limited. He has very good knowledge in the project right from conception stage to final stage with extra ordinary marketing skill. He has over 14 years of experience in the marketing of renting heavy equipment. He is also Managing Director of Gremach Infrastructure Equipments & Projects Limited, which his leadership has grown to become important rental companies of construction equipment in the country. He is a coveted member of CII and FICCI. Further, he is active member of BAI, Indian Merchant Chamber and Indian Road Congress. He has been involved in Gandhidham Kutch Project from the very beginning right from land acquisition to turn key project execution it was under his leadership both Refractory and Coke oven plant got financial closure and the project got implemented on record time so as to avail various subsidies. He has been instrumental in acquisition of controlling stake in Mozambique mines, which is going to give important raw material i.e. coking coal for captive consumption as well as international trading. Also under his leadership, Gremach has forayed into acquisition of brand new Oilrigs from China.

 

 

CORPORATE:

 

SHRI HANUMAN INVESTMENT PRIVATE LIMITED

 

Shri Hanuman Investment Private Limited (SHIPL) was incorporated originally as a private limited company on November 8, 1996, with the Registrar of Companies, Kolkata, West Bengal, certificate of incorporation no 21- 81997. The main objects of SHIPL was to carry on business of trading in the share & securities and to subscribe, business of merchant banking in all its aspects, business of equipments leasing, hiring, hire purchase etc. The other object for which the company is established are to set up, incorporate, manage, provide and/or participate in providing venture capital, technology fund, or any other fund for seed capital, risk capital foundation, to carry of the business of manufacturing and sale of patient, medicines and preparation etc.

 

ANARCON RESOURCES PRIVATE LIMITED

 

Anarcon Resources Private Limited (ARPL) was incorporated originally as a private limited company on 13th March 1997, with the Registrar of Companies, Kolkata, West Bengal. The main objects of ARPL was to carry on business of equipments leasing, hiring, hire purchase etc.

 

 

GROUP COMPANIES PROFILE:

 

GREMACH INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENTS & PROJECTS LIMITED:

 

Tel No: 033-22521799.

 

 

ARMSTRONG INFRASTRUCTURE & PROJECTS LIMITED

 

 

 

AUSTRAL INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

 

GREMACH INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

 

WALLFORD INDIAINFRASTRUCTURE REALITY (P) LIMITED

 

 

 

ASTRA ENERGY LIMITED, SARL (GUINEA)

 

Astra Energy Limited, SARL was incorporated in Republic of Guinea on May 21, 2008. the object for which the company is established are to

 

 

 

 


CMT REPORT (Corruption, Money Laundering & Terrorism]

 

The Public Notice information has been collected from various sources including but not limited to: The Courts, India Prisons Service, Interpol, etc.

 

1]         INFORMATION ON DESIGNATED PARTY

No exist designating subject or any of its beneficial owners, controlling shareholders or senior officers as terrorist or terrorist organization or whom notice had been received that all financial transactions involving their assets have been blocked or convicted, found guilty or against whom a judgement or order had been entered in a proceedings for violating money-laundering, anti-corruption or bribery or international economic or anti-terrorism sanction laws or whose assets were seized, blocked, frozen or ordered forfeited for violation of money laundering or international anti-terrorism laws.

 

2]         Court Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that subject is or was the subject of any formal or informal allegations, prosecutions or other official proceeding for making any prohibited payments or other improper payments to government officials for engaging in prohibited transactions or with designated parties.

 

3]         Asset Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that the property or assets of the subject are derived from criminal conduct or a prohibited transaction.

 

4]         Record on Financial Crime :

            Charges or conviction registered against subject:                                                  None

 

5]         Records on Violation of Anti-Corruption Laws :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

6]         Records on Int’l Anti-Money Laundering Laws/Standards :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

7]         Criminal Records

No available information exist that suggest that subject or any of its principals have been formally charged or convicted by a competent governmental authority for any financial crime or under any formal investigation by a competent government authority for any violation of anti-corruption laws or international anti-money laundering laws or standard.

 

8]         Affiliation with Government :

No record exists to suggest that any director or indirect owners, controlling shareholders, director, officer or employee of the company is a government official or a family member or close business associate of a Government official.

 

9]         Compensation Package :

Our market survey revealed that the amount of compensation sought by the subject is fair and reasonable and comparable to compensation paid to others for similar services.

 

10]        Press Report :

            No press reports / filings exists on the subject.

 

 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

MIRA INFORM as part of its Due Diligence do provide comments on Corporate Governance to identify management and governance. These factors often have been predictive and in some cases have created vulnerabilities to credit deterioration.

 

Our Governance Assessment focuses principally on the interactions between a company’s management, its Board of Directors, Shareholders and other financial stakeholders.

 

 

CONTRAVENTION

 

Subject is not known to have contravened any existing local laws, regulations or policies that prohibit, restrict or otherwise affect the terms and conditions that could be included in the agreement with the subject.

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.50.52

UK Pound

1

Rs.75.08

Euro

1

Rs.63.72

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

5

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

6

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

5

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

7

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

4

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

6

--LEVERAGE

1~10

6

--RESERVES

1~10

6

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

6

--MARGINS

-5~5

-

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

YES

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION

YES/NO

NO

MERIT POINTS

 

 

--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

YES/NO

NO

--EXPORT ACTIVITIES

YES/NO

YES

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

51

 

This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                 Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                    Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 


 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

RATING

STATUS

 

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Unfavourable & favourable factors carry similar weight in credit consideration. Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

 

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

 

Credit not recommended

NR

In view of the lack of information, we have no basis upon which to recommend credit dealings

No Rating

 

 

 

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