MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

29.05.2012

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Ispat Bhawan, Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110 003, Delhi

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2011

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

24.01.1973

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

55-006454

 

 

Capital Investment / Paid-up Capital :

Rs. 41304.000 Millions

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

L27109DL1973GOI006454

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

DELS2116A

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAAC57062F

 

 

Legal Form :

A Public Limited Liability Company. The Company’s Shares are Listed on the Stock Exchanges

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturing and marketing of Pig Iron, Crude Steel, Saleable Steel and Calcium Ammonium Nitrate.

 

 

No. of Employees :

Approximately 137496

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Aa (77)

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

 

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

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 1482000000

 

 

Status :

Excellent

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Exists

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a Government of India company, having excellent track. Directors are reported to be experienced and respectable businessmen.

 

Fundamentally the company appears to be strong. Trade relations are reported as fair. Business is active. Payments are reported to be regular and as per commitments.

 

Company can be considered good for normal business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions.

 

NOTES :

Any query related to this report can be made on e-mail : infodept@mirainform.com while quoting report number, name and date.

 

 

ECGC Country Risk Classification List – September 30, 2011

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(30.06.2011)

Current Rating

(30.09.2011)

India

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

Ispat Bhawan, Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110 003, Delhi, India

Tel. No.:

91-11-24367481 (14 lines)

Fax No.:

91-11-24367015

E-Mail :

secy.sail@sailex.com

drgeeta.sharma@sailex.com

Website :

http://www.sail.co.in

 

 

Factory :

Integrated Steel Plants

 

·       Bhilai Steel Plant, Chhattisgarh – 490 001, India

·       Durgapur Steel Plant – 713 203, West Bengal, India

·       Rourkela Steel Plant – 769 011, Orissa, India

·       Bokaro Steel Plant – 827 001, Jharkhand

·       P. O. Hinoo, Ranchi – 834 002, Bihar, India

 

Special Steel Plants

 

·       Alloy Steel Plants, Durgapur – 713 208, West Bengal, India

·       Salem Steel Plant – 636 013, Tamilnadu, India

·       Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Plant, Bhadravati, Karnataka, India

 

 

Sail Refractory Unit :

Bokaro Steel City – Bokaro – 827004, Jharkhand

 

 

Branches/ Sales Office :

Located at:

 

·       Agra

·       Allahabad

·       Chandigarh

·       Faridabad

·       Ghaziabad

·       Jalandhar City

·       Jammu

·       Kanpur

·       Lucknow

·       Ludhiana

·       Mandi  Gobindgarh

·       New Delhi

·       Bhubaneshwar

·       Bokaro

·       Kolkata

·       Dimapur

·       Durgapur

·       Guwahati

·       Patna

·       Rourkela

·       Ahmedabad

·       Baroda

·       Bhilai

·       Gwalior

·       Indore

·       Jabalpur

·       Jaipur

·       Kota

·       Mumbai

·       Nagpur

·       Pune

·       Bangalore

·       Belgaum

·       Chennai

·       Coimbatore

·       Hyderabad

·       Kochi

·       Tiruchirapalli

·       Vijayawada

·       Visakhapatnam

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

AS ON 31.03.2011

 

Name :

Mr. C S Verma

Designation :

Chairman Cum Managing Director

 

 

FUNCTIONAL DIRECTORS

 

 

 

Name :

Mr. Soiles Bhattacharya

Designation :

Director (Finance)

 

 

Name :

Mr. Shuman Mukherjee

Designation :

Director (Commercial)

 

 

Name :

Mr. B.B. Singh

Designation :

Director (Personnel)

 

 

GOVERNMENT DIRECTORS

 

 

 

Name :

Mr. S Machendra Nathan

Designation :

Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser Ministry of Steel, Government of India

 

 

Name :

Mr. Upndra Prasad Singh

Designation :

Joint Secretary Ministry of Steel, Government of India

 

 

INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS

 

 

 

Name :

Prof. Deepak Nayyar

Designation :

Independent Directors

 

 

Name :

Mr. A K Goswami

Designation :

Independent Director

 

 

Name :

Dr. Jagdish Khattar

Designation :

Independent Director

 

 

Name :

Prof. Subrata Chaudhuri

Designation :

Independent Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. P. K. Sengupta

Designation :

Independent Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. P. C. Jha

Designation :

Independent Director

 

 

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (F AND A) AND SECRETARY

 

 

 

Name:

Mr. Devinder Kumar

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS (PERMANENT INVITEES)

 

Rourkela Steel Plant :

Mr. S. N. Singh

 

 

Durgapur Steel Plant :

Mr. P. K. Bajaj

 

 

Bokaro Steel Plant :

Mr. S S Mohanty

 

 

IISCO Steel Plant

Mr. N. K. Jha

 

 

Bhilai Steel Plant :

Mr. Pankaj Gautam

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

AS ON 31.03.2012

 

Names of Shareholders

No. of Shares

Percentage of Holding

 

 

 

(A) Shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group

 

 

(1) Indian

 

 

Central Government / State Government(s)

3,544,690,285

85.82

Sub Total

3,544,690,285

85.82

 

 

 

(2) Foreign

 

 

Total shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group (A)

3,544,690,285

85.82

 

 

 

(B) Public Shareholding

 

 

(1) Institutions

 

 

Mutual Funds / UTI

29,472,697

0.71

Financial Institutions / Banks

105,380,004

2.55

Insurance Companies

184,565,173

4.47

Foreign Institutional Investors

143,413,528

3.47

Sub Total

462,831,402

11.21

 

 

 

(2) Non-Institutions

 

 

Bodies Corporate

23,632,323

0.57

 

 

 

Individuals

 

 

Individual shareholders holding nominal share capital up to Rs.0.100 Million

77,956,270

1.89

Individual shareholders holding nominal share capital in excess of Rs.0.100 Million

13,593,495

0.33

 

 

 

Any Others (Specify)

7,231,169

0.18

Non Resident Indians

3,517,411

0.09

Trust & Foundation

3,713,758

0.09

Sub Total

122,413,257

2.96

 

 

 

Total Public shareholding (B)

585,244,659

14.17

 

 

 

Total (A)+(B)

4,129,934,944

100.00

 

 

 

(C) Shares held by Custodians and against which Depository Receipts have been issued

-

-

(1) Promoter and Promoter Group

-

-

(2) Public

590,345

-

Sub Total

590,345

-

 

 

 

Total (A)+(B)+(C)

4,130,525,289

100.00

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturing and marketing of Pig Iron, Crude Steel, Saleable Steel and Calcium Ammonium Nitrate.

 

 

Products :

Item Code No. (ITC Code)    

720837.00/720838.00/720839.00

Product Description            

Hot Rolled Plates

                                                      

 

Item Code No. (ITC Code)    

720719.05 / 720719.00 /

Product Description            

Semi-Finished Products

                                                      

 

Item Code No. (ITC Code)    

730210.01

Product Description            

Railway Rails

 

 

Item Code No. (ITC Code)    

720837 90/ 720838 90/ 720839 90

Product Description            

Hot Rolled Coils

 

 

Item Code No. (ITC Code)    

7208.5110/ 7208.5210

Product Description            

Plates

 

 

Item Code No. (ITC Code)    

730210 10/ 730210 90

Product Description            

Rails

 

PRODUCTION STATUS (AS ON 31.03.2011)

 

Particulars

Unit

Installed Capacity

Actual Production

MAIN STEEL PLANTS

 

 

 

Pig Iron

Tonnes

2397000

260829

Crude Steel (i)

Tonnes

12487000

13453059

Saleable Steel

Tonnes

10740000

12324973

 

 

 

 

ALLOY STEELS PLANTS

 

 

 

Pig Iron

Tonnes

58000

2341

Crude Steel

Tonnes

352000

308733

Saleable Steel

Tonnes

457000

550238

 

Notes:

i)         Crude Steel installed capacity is in terms of solid steel as per International Iron and steel Institute.

 

ii)       "Licensed Capacity" Not applicable (N.A.) in terms of Government of India Notification No.S.O.477(E) dated 25th July, 1991.

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

Approximately 137496

 

 

Bankers :

·         Allahabad Bank

·         Andhra Bank

·         Bank of Baroda

·         Bank of India

·         Bank of Maharashtra

·         Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UJF Limited

·         Baraclays Bank PLC

·         BNP Paribas

·         Canara Bank

·         Central Bank of India

·         Corporation Bank

·         Dena Bank

·         Deutsche Bank

·         IDBI Bank

·         Indian Bank

·         Indian Overseas Bank

·         Oriental Bank of Commerce

·         Punjab and Sind Bank

·         Punjab National Bank

·         State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur

·         State Bank of Hyderabad

·         State Bank of India

·         State Bank of Mysore

·         State Bank of Patiala

·         State Bank of Travancore

·         Syndicate Bank

·         UCO Bank

·         Union Bank of India

·         United Bank of India

·         Vijaya Bank

·         Jammu and Kashmir Bank Limited

·         HDFC Bank Limited

·         ICICI Bank Limited

·         AXIS Bank Limited

·         Karnataka Bank Limited

·         ING Vysya Bank Limited

·         Indusind Bank Limited

·         The Karur Vysya Bank Limited

·         Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited

·         Federal Bank Limited

·         South Indian Bank

·         Yes Bank Limited

 

 

Facilities :

Secured Loan

 

Rs. In Millions

31.03.2011

Rs. In Millions

31.03.2010

Working Capital Borrowings from Banks

838.100

2678.000

Term Loans from Banks

 

 

Long Term

12500.000

4000.000

Short Term

40685.000

18000.000

Non Convertible Bonds

 

 

Interest Rate

Date of Redemption

 

 

8.80%

Note (d)

1680.000

1680.000

8.90%

1st May 2019

9500.000

9500.000

8.55%

11th August 2021

7000.000

7000.000

8.7%

25th August 2024

3000.000

3000.000

8.60%

19th November 2019

3350.000

3350.000

8.75%

23rd April 2020

5450.000

0.000

8.75%

Note (e)

1500.000

1500.000

7.70%

11th May 2019

5250.000

5250.000

8.72%

30th April 2020

6600.000

0.000

8.80%

22nd June 2019

8250.000

8250.000

11.50%

15th April 2010

0.000

210.000

8%

1st September 2010

0.000

7.000

13.05%

1st December 2010

0.000

598.000

12.10%

1st June 2011

913.000

913.000

12%

1st December 2011

769.000

769.000

12%

20th July 2012

1099.000

1099.000

10.75%

1st February 2013

753.000

753.000

8%

7th December 2019

300.000

300.000

8.50%

7th December 2019

1200.000

1200.000

8.65%

30th December 2019

4500.000

4500.000

8.65%

1st February 2020

2420.000

2420.000

8.20%

1st September 2013

582.000

582.000

 

 

 

Total

118139.100

77559.000

 

Notes:

 

(a)     Secured by hypothecation of all current assets

 

(b)     Secured by charges ranking pari-passu inter-se, over movable properties pertaining to Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP)

 

(c)     Secured by charges ranking pari-passu inter-se, on all the present and future immovable property at Mouje-Wadej of City taluka, District Ahmedabad, Gujarat and Company's Plant and Machinery, including the land on which it stands, pertaining to Durgapur Steel Plant. (DSP) and IISCO Steel Plant (ISP)

 

(d)     Redeemable in 12 equal yearly installments of Rs. 140.000 Millions each starting w.e.f. 26th October 2014

 

(e)     Redeemable in 3 equal installments of Rs. 500.000 Millions each on 15th September of 2014, 2019 and 2024

 

(f)       Secured by lien/pledge on fixed deposits of Rs. 45150.000 Millions (previous year : Nil)

 

Note : Amount repayable within one year as at 31.03.2011, Rs. 42367.000 Millions (previous year : Rs. 20569.300 Millions)

 

Unsecured Loan

 

Rs. In Millions

31.03.2011

Rs. In Millions

31.03.2010

Short Development Fund

2041.600

2041.600

Interest Accrued and due thereon

7907.900

8226.300

Foreign Currency Loans

 

 

Long Term

13427.000

4546.300

Short term

42509.300

13597.500

Term Loans from Banks

16000.000

45560.000

Non Convertible Bonds

 

 

Interest Rate

Date of Redemption

 

 

12.55%

1st September 2010

0.000

394.000

12.10%

12th March 2011

0.000

1950.000

11%

1st August 2011

1150.000

1150.000

6.4%

Note (B)

480.000

640.000

Others

 

 

Commercial Paper

(Maximum amount raised at any time during the year Rs.35000.000 Millions (previous year Rs.38856.800 Millions)

0.000

9447.800

 

 

 

Total

83515.800

87553.500

 

Notes:

 

(a)     Guaranteed by Government of India

 

(b)     Redeemable in 4 equal yearly installments of Rs. 160.000 Millions each starting w.e.f 15th October 2010

 

Note : Amount repayable within one year as at 31.03.2011, Rs. 68275.100 Millions (Rs. 79843.800 Millions)

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

--

 

 

Auditors :

 

Statutory Auditors :

 

Name :

T R Chadha and Company

Chartered Accountant

 

 

Statutory Auditors :

 

Name :

S. K. Mittal and Company

Chartered Accountant

 

 

Statutory Auditors :

 

Name :

 Tej Raj and Pal

Chartered Accountant

 

 

Joint Ventures :

·         SAIL Bansal Service Centre Limited

·         Mjunction Services Limited

·         UEC-SAIL Information Technology Limited

·         Romelt SAIL (India) Limited

·         N.E Steel and Galvanising Private Limited

·         Bhilai Jaypee Cement Limited

·         Bokaro Jaypee Cement Limited

·         S and T Mining Company Private Limited

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

AS ON 31.03.2011

 

Authorised Capital :

 

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

5000000000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs. 50000.000 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

 

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

4130400545

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs. 41304.000 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

Note:

 

1,24,43,82,900 equity shares of Rs.10 each (net of adjustments on reduction of capital) were allotted as fully paid up for consideration other than cash.

 

AS ON 22.09.2011

 

Authorised Capital :

 

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

5000000000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs. 50000.000 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

 

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

4130525289

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs. 41305.253 Millions

 

 

 

 

 


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.03.2011

31.03.2010

31.03.2009

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

41304.000

41304.000

41304.000

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

329390.700

291863.000

240178.200

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

370694.700

333167.000

281482.200

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

118139.100

77559.000

14976.400

2] Unsecured Loans

83515.800

87553.500

60651.900

TOTAL BORROWING

201654.900

165112.500

75628.300

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

14910.700

14149.200

13332.100

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

587260.300

512428.700

370442.600

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

150826.600

136152.800

123053.900

Capital work-in-progress

222258.300

149531.300

65497.100

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

6841.400

6688.300

6527.000

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

113027.900
90274.600
101611.900

 

Sundry Debtors

41613.000
34939.000
30277.700

 

Cash & Bank Balances

174788.600
224363.700
182646.700

 

Other Current Assets

4895.600
7803.400
10149.600

 

Loans & Advances

46578.500
34160.900
22071.800

Total Current Assets

380903.600

391541.600

346757.700

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Sundry Creditors

61187.600
62138.800
41048.700

 

Other Current Liabilities

53561.000
47045.000
35838.000

 

Provisions

58821.000
62301.500
94506.400

Total Current Liabilities

173569.600

171485.300

171393.100

Net Current Assets

207334.000
220056.300
175364.600

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

587260.300

512428.700

370442.600

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

 

PARTICULARS

31.03.2011

31.03.2010

31.03.2009

 

SALES

 

 

 

 

 

Income

427187.100

405513.800

432040.600

 

 

Interest Earned

13811.700

18609.800

18329.500

 

 

Other Income

8187.900

9072.500

7319.900

 

 

TOTAL                                     (A)

449186.700

433196.100

457690.000

 

 

 

 

 

Less

EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

Accretion/ Depletion to Stock

[13526.700]

11610.100

[19345.300]

 

 

Raw Material Consumed

220764.000

173401.800

201971.900

 

 

Purchase of Finished/ Semi Finished Goods

42.200

27.900

95.800

 

 

Employees’ Remuneration and Benefits

76233.300

54168.100

84614.600

 

 

Stores and Spares Consumed

33097.500

31634.300

34918.100

 

 

Power and Fuel

35970.400

33693.500

31879.400

 

 

Repairs and Maintenance

6700.400

5697.400

6247.400

 

 

Freight outward

7053.300

6742.800

7689.600

 

 

Other Expenses

28638.000

23272.300

26721.800

 

 

Inter Account Adjustment

[36299.300]

[25532.700]

[26526.400]

 

 

Adjustment pertaining to earlier years

[1037.000]

[232.200]

[37.500]

 

 

TOTAL                                     (B)

357636.100

314483.300

348229.400

 

 

 

 

 

Less

PROFIT BEFORE INTEREST, TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION (A-B)      (C)

91550.600

118712.800

109460.600

 

 

 

 

 

Less

FINANCIAL EXPENSES                         (D)

4749.500

4020.100

2594.100

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT BEFORE TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION (C-D)                                       (E)

86801.100

114692.700

106866.500

 

 

 

 

 

Less/ Add

DEPRECIATION/ AMORTISATION                     (F)

14858.000

13372.400

12877.700

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT BEFORE TAX (E-F)                               (G)

71943.100

101320.300

93988.800

 

 

 

 

 

Less

TAX                                                                  (H)

22895.700

33776.600

32284.800

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT AFTER TAX (G-H)                                (I)

49047.400

67543.700

61704.000

 

 

 

 

 

Add

PREVIOUS YEARS’ BALANCE BROUGHT FORWARD

247742.900

203450.500

160192.300

 

 

 

 

 

Add

Transferred transfer from Bonds Redemption reserve

0.000

0.000

355.800

 

 

 

 

 

Less

APPROPRIATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

Amount Transferred to Bonds Redemption Reserve

722.900

545.800

0.000

 

 

Amount Transferred to General Reserve

5000.000

6800.000

6250.000

 

 

Interim Dividend

4956.500

6608.600

5369.500

 

 

Proposed Dividend

4956.500

7021.700

5369.500

 

 

Tax on Interim Dividend

807.400

1109.000

900.000

 

 

Tax on Proposed Dividend

804.100

1166.200

912.600

 

BALANCE CARRIED TO THE B/S

279542.900

247742.900

203450.500

 

 

 

 

 

 

EARNINGS IN FOREIGN CURRENCY

 

 

 

 

 

Export Earnings

9804.600

7830.000

8075.300

 

TOTAL EARNINGS

9804.600

7830.000

8075.300

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMPORTS

 

 

 

 

 

Raw Materials

127314.800

102633.100

124124.700

 

 

Stores & Spares

4570.500

4085.700

4561.800

 

 

Capital Goods

123520.200

33893.300

9137.000

 

TOTAL IMPORTS

255405.500

140612.100

137823.500

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings Per Share (Rs.)

11.87

16.35

14.94

 

 

QUARTERLY RESULTS

 

PARTICULARS

30.06.2011

 

30.09.2011

31.12.2011

 

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

3rd Quarter

Net Sales

109260.000

109796.200

107287.800

Total Expenditure

96145.900

96524.800

91476.800

PBIDT (Excl OI)

13114.100

13271.400

15811.000

Other Income

4630.400

4902.600

3837.100

Operating Profit

17744.500

18174.000

19648.100

Interest

1709.500

2000.100

1854.600

Exceptional Items

0.000

(5087.200)

(4662.800)

PBDT

16035.000

11086.700

13130.700

Depreciation

3741.600

3937.800

4093.100

Profit Before Tax

12293.400

7148.900

9037.600

Tax

3912.800

2202.500

2716.400

Provisions and contingencies

0.000

0.000

0.000

Profit After Tax

8380.600

4946.400

6321.200

Extraordinary Items

0.000

0.000

0.000

Prior Period Expenses

0.000

0.000

0.000

Other Adjustments

0.000

0.000

0.000

Net Profit

8380.600

4946.400

6321.200

 


KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2011

31.03.2010

31.03.2009

PAT / Total Income

(%)

10.92
16.66

13.48

 

 

 
 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

16.84
24.99

21.75

 

 

 
 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

13.53
19.20

20.01

 

 

 
 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.19
0.30

0.33

 

 

 
 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

1.05
1.05

0.88

 

 

 
 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

2.19
2.28

2.02

 

 

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FINANCIAL REVIEW

 

The company increased production of value added steel and achieved the saleable steel production of 12.9 MT representing 116% of capacity utilisation. With the help of various management initiatives taken, the company achieved a turnover of Rs. 4704.100 Millions during 2010-11, which is higher by 7% over last year. The company has also undertaken expansion and modernization plan, which is expected to be completed by 2012-13, with focus on higher production of value added products.

 

The profit of the company for the year 2010-11 was affected adversely, mainly due to adverse impact of input prices consisting of imported coal, indigenous coal, limestone, nickel, ferro alloys, aluminium, boiler coal, purchase power, increase in royalty on minerals, salaries and wages, higher interest and depreciation. However, the adverse impact on profitability was partially offset by higher volume of saleable steel production, increase in net sales realisation of saleable steel, better product mix and higher value added steel production.

 

The continued thrust on optimum utilisation of funds by better fund management included replacement of high cost short term loans with low cost debts, strategic parking of surplus funds with scheduled banks, actions for future fund raising etc. to meet their growth objectives. The company had liquid assets of Rs.171420.000 Millions as on 31st March, 2011 invested in short term deposits with scheduled banks against borrowings of Rs. 201650.000 Millions as on 31st March, 2011. The debt equity ratio of the company increased to 0.54:1 as on 31.03.2011 from 0.50:1 as on 31.03.2010 mainly on account of increase in borrowings for capital expenditure. The net worth of company improved substantially and this helped in generation of internal resources for funding expansion plans of SAIL.

 

The company paid interim dividend @ 12% of the paid-up equity share capital during the year. The Board of Directors has further recommended a final dividend @ 12% subject to approval of shareholders, thus making the total dividend @ 24% of the paid up equity share capital for the year 2010-11. A sum of Rs. 5000.000 Millions has been transferred to the general reserves during the year (previous year Rs. 6800.000 Millions).

 

PRODUCTION REVIEW

 

In the year 2010-11, the plants of the company continued with their journey of relentless improvement in production, productmix and efficiency parameters. The company recorded higher volume of saleable steel production at 12.9 million tonnes, registering a growth of 2% over corresponding period of last year (CPLY), with capacity utilization of 116% during the year. Production of hot metal at 14.9 million tonne and crude steel at 13.8 million tonne, registered a growth of 3% and 2% respectively over CPLY. In line with market demand, SAIL produced 10.5 million tonne of finished steel which also registered a growth of 4% over CPLY. The production growth was achieved with better utilization of existing facilities since the company has not added any capacity in the year 2010-11.

 

Higher production of special quality and value added products at 4.8 million tonnes, a growth of 3% over CPLY, resulted in further improvement of the product-mix. Several new products were developed which have significant demand, ready market, and good contribution margin. Improvement in quality of products has remained an important imperative. Some of the major new products developed to meet the customer's requirement and enhance market share were - High Tensile thicker plates in Normalized condition with sub-zero impact toughness and Ultrasonic soundness for construction of sluice gate for Hydel Power Project in Uttaranchal, HT plates in grade 450E with improved toughness and corrosion resistance for steel super-structure of rail-cum-road bridge for the construction of steel super-structure of the two rail-cum-road bridges being built over the river Ganges at Patna and Munger, 45E1 Grade R260 Rails in Euronorm Specification (EN 13674-4) for export to Sri Lanka, Killed quality structurals with low temperature impact toughness for construction of the superstructure of the rail-cum-road bridges of Ganges, High Strength 100 mm thick pressure vessel quality SA537Cl-1 plates with ultrasonic soundness for hydel power projects, for the first time, EMU wheels for Indian Railways.

 

The Research and Development wing of the company provided innovative technological inputs to different units of the company, with special emphasis on productivity and quality improvement, product development and commercialization, energy conservation and automation. The major projects completed are: Improvement of cast structure in blooms through optimization of EMS parameters at Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP); Development of a reliable position display system of screw down in Tandem Mill #1, CRM at Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL); Improving processing of low Nickel stainless steel through simulation studies at Salem Steel Plant (SSP).

 

The company in its endeavor to become energy and cost efficient, in the year 2010-11 increased production of crude steel through continuous casting route and achieved highest ever crude steel production through continuous casting route at 9.32 MT with a growth of 3% over CPLY. A large number of innovations are being carried out in plants for process improvements and cost competitiveness. In the area of Specific Energy Conservation, the projects completed were: Introduction of Energy Efficient Ignition System in machine #2, SP-1 and the single machine in SP-2 at Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP); Improving thermal efficiency of ladle heating system of BF at BSL; Selection and design of combustion system for new in-house built normalizing furnace of Plate Mill at BSP; Introduction of new BF gas burner in place of existing old BF gas burner in one Russian boiler of PBS and Power Plant-I at BSP. The company witnessed highest ever Power Generation from captive and JV power plants at 671 MW during 2010-11 registering a growth of 1% over CPLY.

 

RAW MATERIALS

 

During 2010-11 almost total requirement of iron ore was met from captive sources, the company's captive iron ore mines have produced about 24.45 million tonne. However, in case of coking coal, around 25% requirement was met from indigenous sources and balance through imports. During 2010-11, production in captive collieries of Subject resulted in annual production of about 1.10 million tonne. In case of flux, around 35% requirement of limestone and 41% requirement of dolomite were met through captive sources resulted in production of fluxes from captive sources of about 2.33 million tonnes. For thermal coal, SAIL depends entirely on purchases from Coal India Limited (CIL) except small quantity produced from captive mine.

 

Grant of Stage-I forest clearance and final environment clearances for the Ajitaburu and Budhaburu leases of Manoharpur Iron Ore Mines, Chiria by MoEF in Mar'11 have paved the way for early development of 7 Mtpa state-of-the-art mechanized mines at these leases. During 2010-11, Stage-I forest clearance for Barsua, Kalta, Bolani and South-Central Blocks of Kiriburu-Meghahatuburu mines have also been granted by MoEF. The company has also received final environment clearance for integrated Barsua-Taldih-Kalta iron ore mining, beneficiation and pelletisation plant for 8.05 Mtpa (ROM) capacity and also for development of Sitanala coking coal mine of 0.3 Mtpa capacity by MoEF in Oct'10 and Dec'10 respectively.

 

Chhattisgarh Government has accorded its approval for renewal of Baraduar Dolomite lease in Sep'10. This will enable Subject to develop Baraduar dolomite mine for the securitization of low silica dolomite availability for Subject.

 

"S and T Mining Company Private Limited," a joint venture company of SAIL and Tata Steel Limited, has been engaged to develop Bhutgoria mine of BCCL. The mine is estimated to produce 0.36 Mtpa (ROM) coking coal at full capacity which will be shared between Subject and Tata Steel. The company has submitted tender to BCCL for construction of washery at Dugda for Non Linked Washery (NLW) coal. The JV company is also considering

establishment of a standalone NLW coal washery at Bhelatand with an investment of Rs. 1960.000 Millions.

 

The company is also making attempts for allocation of coking coal and thermal coal blocks under Government dispensation route for captive mining to enhance indigenous coal availability.

 

India is dependent on imports for meeting the increasing requirement of metallurgical coal as its indigenous availability is short, both in quantity and quality. International metallurgical coal market is controlled by few producers who regulate production to maintain high prices extracting large margins from steel producers. After increase of FOB price of metallurgical hard coking coal from US $ 128 per tonne in 2009-10 to US $ 213 per tonne in 2010-11, it has further gone up to US $ 330 per tonne in the first quarter of 2011-12 reaching historic high and impacting returns on steel business. Further, since 2010-11, the suppliers have imposed quarterly pricing in place of annual pricing, exposing the steel producers to vagaries of market volatility too.

 

To achieve Raw material security, import of Low Silica Limestone is now established and regular imports are being done so as to have cost advantage/alternate source. Similarly, International source of Low Silica Dolomite is also being identified.

 

SALES AND MARKETING REVIEW

 

·         The company achieved a total sales volume of 11.9 million tonnes during FY'10-11 with sales of Long products in the home market at a record level of 4.62 million tonnes. Exports at 0.33 million tonnes registered a growth of 2.3% over FY'09-10. Major categories where growth was recorded in the sales included: Wire Rods- 12.1%; TMT Bars- 3.8%; Structurals- 4%; Plates >20mm- 7.1% and Railway products- 8.5%. New records were also set in supplies of Loco wheels and Loose Axles to Indian Railways during the year.

 

·         During the year 2010-11 SAIL started operations at a new Warehouse at Jagdishpur. With this, SAIL's marketing network has expanded to 37 Branch Sales Offices (BSOs), 26 Customer Contact Offices (CCOs) and 67 Warehouses. SAIL also expanded its dealer network by 145 numbers during the year. As on 1st April, 2011, SAIL has a wide network of 2653 dealers spread over 637 districts of the country.

 

·         The company strengthened its presence in neighbouring and traditional markets and exported 0.33 million tonnes steel during the year. The main products exported were Billets, Plates, HR Coils, GC Sheets, CR Coils and Rails. Exports were undertaken to Syria for the first time. System of Ebidding was also implemented in exports during the year. Subject re-entered the export market for its high quality rails after a gap of over 5 years and has exported rails to Sri Lanka.

 

GROWTH PLAN

 

Keeping in view the acceleration in demand for steel in the country, the company is currently implementing growth plan to enhance its Hot Metal capacity from the level of 13.8 million tonnes in a phased manner. Under the ongoing phase-I of modernization and expansion plan, hot metal production capacity will get expanded to 23.46 million tonnes by 2012-13. The growth plan, besides targeting higher production, also addresses the need for eliminating technological obsolescence, achieving energy savings, enriching product-mix, reducing pollution, developing mines and collieries, introducing customer centric processes and developing matching infrastructure facilities.

 

To maintain its current dominance in the domestic market and to meet the future challenges, the company is working on a long term strategic plan 'Lakshya 2020', which will steer the company towards meeting its strategic objectives of achieving profitability through growth and customer satisfaction.

 

MODERNISATION & EXPANSION PROJECTS

 

The modernisation and expansion plan of the company aims at taking up capital projects related to 'Expansion', 'Value Addition/ Product Mix improvement', 'Technological Upgradation/ Modernisation of existing assets', and 'Sustenance including Debottlenecking, Additions, Modifications, Replacements and Environment' related projects.

 

The modernization and expansion plan envisages installation of New Coke Oven Batteries, New Sinter Plants, New Blast Furnaces of bigger capacity with up-gradation of existing Blast Furnaces, New Steel Melting Shops / addition of Convertor in existing shop, installation of New Mills etc. which will increase share of finished steel in salable steel. Along with addition of new facilities, most of the existing facilities are also being up graded to enable production of value added steel , reduce energy consumption and for improvement in productivity, etc.

 

The expansion plan is being implemented simultaneously in all the Plants including mines and requires matrix planning, involvement/ coordination with a large number of agencies, prudent fund management, selection of right technology etc. Subject has already initiated actions and progressing smoothly towards handling this vast complex task.

 

Subject Board accorded 'in-principle' approval during the year for the Rebuilding of Coke Oven Battery No.3 and Installation of Additional Heat Treatment facilities at Special Plate Plant at RSP, Replacement of Converter Shell and its Assembly in SMS-2 at BSL, Installation of additional 45 MVA Sub-merged Arc Furnace at MEL with an estimated total outlay of around Rs. 6500.000 Millions.

 

Subject incurred a capital expenditure of Rs. 112800.000 Millions, including Rs. 102100.000 Millions on modernization and expansion plan, during 2010-11. Orders have been placed for about Rs. 527500.000 Millions under modernization and expansion plan of SAIL. An expenditure of Rs. 250600.000 Millions has been spent on modernization and expansion plan of Subject till 31st March, 2011. Further, the capital expenditure planned to be incurred for the year 2011-12 is Rs. 143370.000 Millions including Rs. 126420.000 Millions for ongoing modernisation and expansion plan.

 

At Salem Steel Plant, all major production facilities envisaged under Expansion Plan have been installed and units are now in regular production.

 

For Chiria Iron Ore Mines the Forestry clearance has been accorded by Ministry of Environment and Forest in Feb'11 and Consultants have been appointed for preparation of DPR for Chiria as well as Taldih Iron Ore Deposits.

 

At Bhilai Steel Plant, Up-gradation facilities under Plate Mill have been completed. Further, the linked facilities like Compressed Air Station-4 and installation of CNC Roll Grinding Machine have been completed. The Coke Oven Battery-6 has been re-built, in compliance with pollution control norms of Government of India and Oven Pushing has started in June'11.

 

At IISCO Steel Plant, COB-10 has been re-built in Aug'10 in compliance with pollution control norms of Govt. of India and is in regular operation. Facilities like Sinter Plant, Pig Casting Machine, Main Receiving Station and Oxygen Plant, under expansion plan are ready for commissioning. Other facilities envisaged are at various stages of implementation.

 

At Rourkela Steel Plant, 700 tpd Oxygen Plant and Simultaneous Blowing of Converters in SMS-II have been completed in Oct'10 and other facilities envisaged under Modernisation and Expansion Plan are at various stages of implementation.

 

At Bokaro Steel Plant, Up-gradation of Blast Furnace No-2 has been completed in Jul'10. This will meet the enhanced Hot Metal requirement by the down stream facilities, post modernisation. Further, the Coal Dust Injection System for BF-2 and 3 have been completed in Dec'10. This will lead to reduction in coke rate and improvement of the furnace productivity. The 2nd Ladle Furnace in SMS-II has been completed in Jul'10. The COB-1 and 2 which are being re-built in compliance with pollution control norms of Government of India, the Oven Pushing has been started in COB-1 in June'11. Other facilities under Modernization and Expansion Plan are at various stages of implementation.

 

At Durgapur Steel Plant, the major packages envisaged under Modernisation and Expansion Plan, like, Bloom-cum-round Caster, Medium Structural Mill and Reheating Furnace for Medium Structural Mill, New Dolomite Plant, Re-building of COB-2, Debottlenecking of Coal Handling Plant and Raw Material Handling Plant, Ladle Furnace, New Slag Yard and Civil and Structural works for Medium Structural Mill, are at various stages of implementation.

 

For Raw Material Projects, in addition to mines expansion, the beneficiation facilities and pelletization facilities have also been envisaged to meet the post expansion raw material requirement.

 

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

 

The excellent performance of company as well as that of employees won laurels and appreciation from several quarters during the year 2010-11. SAIL employees continued to win maximum number of Prime Minister's Shram Awards and Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar declared by Government of India which recognizes the creativity and innovative abilities of their employees. Employees of SAIL once again proved their mettle. Of the 33 Prime Minister's Shram Awards announced for 2010 by the Ministry of Labour, Government of India, 17 of which went to PSUs, Subject employees bagged 11 awards. Of the total number of 76 awardees for the year, 45 belong to SAIL - a remarkable distinction for any organisation. Adding to SAIL's jubilation, all the 7 Shram Vir/ Veerangana Awards announced in the PSU category have been bagged by its employees. Out of a total 128 awardees who have won the prestigious Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar (VRP), 74 are from SAIL. The 15 out of 28 awards won by SAIL went to their 74 employees for the performance year 2008, once again establishing the zeal of their employees to excel with their creativity. Subject employees in the International Convention on Quality Concept Circles-2010 held at Hyderabad bagged 18 gold, 6 silver and 2 bronze awards. In addition, Subject employees also had a rich haul of awards in the 24th National convention on Quality Concepts (NCQC 2010) held at Visakhapattnam.

 

Organisational excellence of Subject garnered recognition and accolades at various prestigious forums. Some of the notable awards won by Subject are "SCOPE Meritorious Awards" for Environment Excellence and Sustainable Development for 2009- 10, and Corporate Social Responsibility for 2008-09, "Asia Best Employer Award" for 'continuous innovation in HR Strategies at work', "PSU Excellence Awards 2010" for "Best Human Resource Management" and "Research and Development, Technology Development and Innovation" by Indian Chamber of Commerce, "India Pride Award" under Metals and Minerals and Trade Award Category, "Trail blazer leader of the year" at Global HR Excellence Awards 2010-11 and "Wockhardt Shining Star CSR Award" in the Iron and Steel sector category, to name a few.

 

Subject efforts in promoting use of Rajbhasha have been recognized in the form of 1st prize at Town level by TOLIC for best official language implementation by Govt. of India. 'Rashtriya Rajbhasha Shield' was also awarded to Subject for best official language implementation by Rashtriya Hindi Academy. The inhouse Hindi journal of SAIL, "Ispat Bhasha Bharati" bagged the 1st prize at national level.

 

Subject Plants/Units have also excelled in various areas and have won awards for their performance, salient ones are listed as under:

 

·         BSP was awarded the "CII Sustainability Award-2010" under independent unit category for performance year 2009-10 from CII-ITC in recognition of Excellent performance in the various areas of economic, environmental and social activities.

 

·         BSP was recognized by Greentech Foundation in the form of "Greentech Safety Gold Award-2010", "Greentech HR Excellence Award" and "Greentech Environment Excellence Platinum Award" in Metal and Mining Sector.

 

·         BSP has won "INSSAN Award" from INSSAN Eastern India Chapter, in recognition of Excellence in Suggestion Scheme besides winning the "Golden peacock eco- innovation award- 2010" for installation of energy efficient curtain flame burners in SP-2 for the year 2009-10 by World Environment Foundation.

 

·         DSP bagged the "INSSAN Award" for the year 2009-10 from INSSAN Northern Region Chapter, in recognition of effective implementation of suggestion scheme. It also won the "Greentech Safety Award" for the year 2008-09 "Greentech HR Excellence Award" for the year 2009 ,"Greentech HR Excellence Award for young Managers" for the year 2009 and "Greentech Environment Excellence Award" for the year 2009 from Greentech Foundation.

 

·         DSP was awarded the "Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award" for the year 2008-09 by Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi and "Golden Peacock National Training Award" for the year 2009-10 by Institute of Directors, New Delhi besides winning the "Safety Innovation Award" for the year 2009 by Institution of Engineers.

 

·         RSP was conferred with "Greentech Environment Excellence Gold Award-2009" for the year 2008-09 from Greentech Foundation in recognition of Excellence in Environment Management and also won the "Shrishti Good Green Governance Award-2009" for the year 2009-10 in recognition of Excellence in Innovative Management of Environment.

 

·         BSL's improvement in productivity was recognized by "CII (ER) Productivity Award" as HSM Group of BSL bagged the 1st position and CCS won the 2nd position.

 

·         BSL team won the national competition for Business Management Simulation by All India Management Association at 'AIMA National Management Games-2010'. Team from BSL also won the `AIMA National Management Quiz-2010 - Northern Zone Championship' for the year 2010.

 

·         SSP made SAIL proud by winning the "Greentech Safety Award - Gold" for Best Safety Performance and "Outstanding Contribution Award" for the year 2010 from Quality Circle Forum of India (QCFI), Chennai Chapter.

 

STRATEGIC INITIATIVES OF THE COMPANY

 

During the year 2010-11, the company continued its focus towards taking new business initiatives including incorporation / formation of new JVs, mergers and acquisitions and entering into Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs) for its long term strategic objectives. The company has established communication channels with renowned international technology providers for forging strategic alliances in production of value added products. The company is continuously adopting the path of entering into Joint Ventures (JV) with public / private parties to attain its strategic goals of maximizing gains with optimal utilization of resources. These include:

 

(a)    Merger and Acquisitions (M and A) :

 

(i)       Merger of Maharashtra Elecktosmelt Limited (MEL) with SAIL: The approval of the shareholders for the Scheme of Amalgamation of Maharashtra Elektrosmelt Limited ("MEL") was obtained in a meeting held on 30th September, 2010. Subsequently a petition was submitted to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) for sanctioning the scheme of amalgamation of MEL with SAIL. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), New Delhi vide its letter dated 14.6.2011 has forwarded the Order of the Central Government sanctioning the scheme of amalgamation of Maharashtra Elektrosmelt Limited (MEL) with Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) under Section 391-394 of the Companies Act, 1956. The appointed date of amalgamation is 1.4.2010. MEL has now become a unit of SAIL and it has been renamed as Chandrapur Ferro Alloy Plant.

 

(ii)     Transfer of Salem Refractory Unit of Burn Standard Company Limited to SAIL: Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) in June'10 approved transfer of Refractory Unit of BSCL at Salem and authorized Ministry of Steel (MoS) and Department of Heavy Industries (DHI) to work out operational steps for transfer of Refractory Unit of BSCL at Salem in consultation with Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA). The outstanding issues for the take over are being worked out by DHI before operationalization of CCEA decision.

 

(b)    Joint Ventures:

 

(i)       After signing an MOU with M/s RITES for undertaking a feasibility study for setting up the Wagon Manufacturing Factory in Joint Venture, a Joint Venture Company "SAIL RITES Bengal Wagon Industry Private Limited" has been incorporated in Decmber'2010. The work on the newly incorporated JV Company between SAIL and RITES has already commenced. The unit will have the capacity to manufacture 1500 wagons per annum (manufacture of 1200 wagons and rehabilitation of 300 wagons) which will include BOXN-type wagons, specialized high-end wagons and modern stainless steel wagons.

 

(ii)     Subject has formally acquired 50% of the shares held by the Government of Kerala (GoK) in Steel Complex Limited (SCL), Kozhikode and taken over the operations of SCL on 13th February '11. SAIL-SCL Limited, the joint venture company resulting from the acquisition, will work towards the revival of SCL. The JV is in line with the Government's policy of bringing together synergies of PSUs and strengthening them to be competitive in the market.

 

 

(c)     Strategic Alliances:

 

(i)       Subject is simultaneously jointly working with Kobe Steel Limited [KSL], a renowned Japanese Steel maker, for ascertaining the feasibility of using ITmK3 technology [Iron Making Technology Mark Three] developed by KSL for producing premium grade iron in the form of nuggets using iron ore fines and non-coking coal. The annual production capacity of ITmk3 Plant is envisaged to be around 0.5 million tonnes to produce premium grade Iron nuggets. The pre-feasibility report is in the final stages of completion.

 

 

(ii)     Subject and M/s Burn Standard Company Limited (BSCL), a PSU under the charge of Ministry of Railways signed an MOU for setting up a factory which will manufacture cast steel bogies, couplers and other related products. The unit will come up in approximately 128 acres of leasehold land under the possession of M/s BSCL at Jellingham, West Bengal. Railways will provide an average assured off-take of 5,000 bogies and equal number of couplers per annum for a period of ten years.

 

(iii)    Hajigak Iron Ore Deposits Owned by Government of Afghanistan: The company has been short-listed along with 21 other companies (13 Indian companies) for the bidding process of multiple exploration concessions of Hajigak Iron Ore Deposits invited by Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Ministry of Mines. Subject has formed a consortium with five other companies for Joint Bidding.

 

(iv)    Expansion of Captive Power Plants of SAIL: Subject is planning to expand the captive power generating capacity at BSP and RSP through its Joint Venture with NTPC by installing 2x250 MW Units at BSP and 1x250 MW Units at RSP. NSPCL is conducting feasibility studies for these power projects and has applied for various statutory clearances like Environment Clearance and allocation of coal and water.

 

v) Installation of Renewable Energy Based Power Plants: In line with policy framework provided by Electricity Act, 2003 and National Electricity Policy, Electricity regulatory Commissions of various states which mandates all users of captive power generation to either purchase / generate a specified minimum percentage of captive power generated from renewable energy sources (Solar, Bio Mass, Wind , Small Hydro etc). A long term strategy to meet renewable energy purchase Obligation has been worked out and options are being evaluated for installing Captive Power generation based on renewable energy sources.

 

 

d) Memorandum of Understanding [MoU]/Commercial Agreements entered into with various companies:

 

(i) MoU signed with Kobe Steel Limited of Japan for comprehensive strategic collaboration producing high value products. Discussions are ongoing with M/s Kobe Steel Limited for a steel plant at Jagdishpur which shall utilize technology of Direct Reduced Iron making (Gas based) and Electric Arc Furnace steel making for manufacture of value added products.

 

(ii) SAIL and M/s Severstal have agreed to work jointly on Operational Benchmarking. This would open opportunities in areas of productivity improvement, energy efficiency and other collaborative research.

 

(iii) MoU signed with IRCON International Limited, a PSU under the Ministry of Railways for jointly working on rail

infrastructure projects both in India and abroad.

 

(iv) Another MoU signed with Hindustan Prefab Limited (HPL), a PSU under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, for carrying out business of prefabricated structures in steel and cement. Actions have already been initiated in this regard for forming a joint venture company which may undertake study in the prefabricated structures in steel and cement. INSDAG has been appointed as a Consultant for undertaking pre-feasibility study which will be completed by June'11.

 

 

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT

 

The Management of Steel Authority of India Limited presents its Analysis Report covering the performance and outlook of the company.

 

 

INDUSTRY STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENTS

 

GENERAL ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT

 

World economy registered a smart recovery in 2010 with an output growth of 5%, against a negative growth of (-) 0.5% in 2009. IMF's growth projection of around 4.5% p.a. for 2011 and 2012 each suggests that the growth momentum is going to continue in the immediate future. While the developing and emerging economies are likely to grow at a rate of 6.5% p.a. over the next 2 years, advanced economies are projected to grow at 2.5% p.a. in this period.

 

The risks in the global economic environment are on account of more than expected price increase in commodity prices due to strong demand and supply shocks. The challenge on this account is going to be large for the developing economies where food and fuel have dominant share in consumption. There is also a fear that strong demand will fuel inflation as operations are near full capacity. The other issue confronting developing/emerging economies is that with pick up of growth in developed economies there has been a movement of capital flows away from emerging economies to the developed countries.

 

The worries in the developed world emanate from depressed housing demand of US. There are fiscal worries in the EU and banks have to deal with non performing assets. Unemployment continues to be high. The impact of Tsunami in Japan on global economy is expected to be limited. Immediate fiscal expansion is mainly to support reconstruction. The medium term fiscal strategy in Japan will be to reduce the public debt ratio.

 

INDIAN ECONOMY

 

The Indian economy has recovered from the aftermath of global financial crisis in 2008-09 when the GDP dipped to 6.8%. The economy recovered to GDP growth rate of 8% in 2009-10. Revised estimate for GDP growth for 2010-11 is 8.5%. The revival in growth was on account of Agriculture sector which rebounded with a growth of 6.6% for 2010-11, after near stagnant growth for past 2 years. Services posted a growth rate of 9.4% while industry at 7.9% showed signs of slow down in the second half of the fiscal.

 

Manufacturing sector which grew at double digit rates in the first 2 quarters, slowed down to 6 & 5.5% respectively in Q-3 and Q-4. In the steel consuming segments capital goods sector grew at 9.3% as against 20.9% in the previous year. Construction which had a growth of 9.7% in 2009-10 slowed down marginally to 8.1% in 2010-11.

 

Inflation continues to be an area of concern. Oil prices which were below US $ 80 per barrel till September, 2010, sharply increased to US $ 114 per barrel in March, 2011. Despite RBI following a tight monetary policy, demand side pressure in the economy continues to be major area of concern.

 

In the area of foreign trade, exports at $246 billion in 2010-11 grew at 37.5% mainly on account of engineering goods and petroleum products. Imports at $350 billion, grew at a rate of 22% in the above period

 

The GDP growth rate for 2011-12 has been projected between 8 to 8.5% for 2011-12. Although Govt. managed to contain the fiscal deficit to 5.1% from the budgeted level of 5.5% on strength of tax buoyancy and one time receipt from 3G spectrum allocation, inflation continues to be an area of concern.

 

GLOBAL STEEL INDUSTRY

 

The global steel production which had declined on account of the intervening global financial crisis, showed a sharp pick-up in 2010. As per WSA, world crude steel production reached a record level of 1414 million metric tons in 2010, a growth of 15% over 2009. All the major steel-producing countries and regions showed double-digit growth in 2010. The world finished steel consumption estimated at 1283 mmt for 2010, grew at 13% over the previous year.

 

Among the major steel producing and consuming nations, India is attractively positioned with its vast resources of iron ore and low costs underpinning its supply-side competencies, while the low per-capita consumption levels and strong growth drivers in the end use sectors ensure reasonably stable growth prospects.

 

World Steel Association (WSA) has projected a growth rate of around 6% p.a. for the next 2 years for global steel consumption. China will continue to be the dominant steel consuming nation in terms of its contribution to the incremental steel demand. However, its growth rate will moderate to around 5%.

 

INDIAN STEEL SECTOR

 

As per World Steel Association, India was the world's 4th largest producer of crude steel globally in 2010 with a production of approx. 68.3 MT of crude steel.

 

According to JPC estimates the finished steel consumption of carbon steel in India grew by 10.8% in 2010-11 over the previous year. There was a reduction in both finished steel imports as well as exports as domestic steel producers expanded to cater to emerging demand. Long products viz. bars and rods and structurals performed strongly with high consumption growth. The growth in consumption of flat products was modest.

 

Over the past few years, consumption has been primarily driven by the continuous increase in infrastructure related investment, leading to higher demand for steel. However, the country's per capita consumption is still one of the lowest in the world, presently at 51.7 kg per capita versus 427 kg for China and a global average of approx. 203 kg, leaving a high potential of steel demand with increase in per capita consumption linked to higher income growth.

 

At present, the Indian steel industry faces a supply deficiency as capacity building has lagged growth in consumption. Large green field projects have not been set up in India over the past few years due to regulatory, social and infrastructure bottlenecks. Capacity additions in the short term are primarily brown field projects by existing players.

 

OUTLOOK

 

The medium to long term outlook for steel in India is robust. India has entered the steel intensive phase of economic development, with sustained investment in infrastructure, construction, urban renewal and high activity level in manufacturing. While there may be short term fluctuations in response to domestic and global concerns, the medium to long term prospects appear very bright.

 

REVIEW OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

 

FINANCIAL OVERVIEW OF SAIL

 

The global economy recovered gradually during 2010-11 after witnessing a worldwide down trend in all spheres of business including Steel. Steel industry has been benefited by strong worldwide and domestic demand. Subject reoriented its production in line with market demand, increased production of value added steel and achieved the saleable steel production of 12.9 MT representing 116% of capacity utilization.

 

 

 

 

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

 

Particulars

 

2010-2011

(Rs. In Millions)

% increase(+)/ decrease(-) over

Previous year

Sales Turnover

470410.000

7.1%

PBDIT

91550.000

(22.8)%

Profit Before Tax (PBT)

71940.000

(29.0)%

Profit After Tax (PAT)

49050.000

(27.4)%

 

On account of various initiatives taken by the company, Subject achieved the turnover of Rs. 470410.000 Millions in 2010-11, which was higher by 7.1 % as compared to previous year. The profit of the company for the year 2010-11 was affected adversely, mainly due to adverse impact of input prices consisting of imported coal, indigenous coal, limestone, nickel, ferro alloys, aluminium, boiler coal, purchase power, increase in royalty on minerals, salaries and wages, higher interest and depreciation. However, the adverse impact on profitability was partially offset by management initiatives such as higher volume of saleable steel production, increase in net sales realisation of saleable steel, better product mix and higher value added steel production.

 

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

 

With a view to increase market share, to enhance the production capacity and to introduce state-of-the-art technologies to produce steel of international quality at competitive price, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is currently implementing Modernization and Expansion Plan of its five Integrated Steel Plants at Bhilai, Bokaro, Rourkela, Durgapur and Burnpur and Special Steel Plant at Salem. This will increase production capacity of crude steel from 12.84 million tonnes per annum to 21.4 million tonnes per annum in the current phase.

 

The plan shall also address the issues of technological obsolescence, energy savings, enriching product mix, pollution control, mines and collieries development to meet higher requirement of key raw materials, introduction of customer centric processes and create matching infrastructure facilities in the Plant to support higher production volumes. Subject incurred a Capital Expenditure of Rs. 112800.000 Millions for 2010-11. Orders have been placed for about Rs. 527500.000 Millions under Modernisation and Expansion plan of SAIL.

 

The brief status of Modernization and Expansion is as follows:

 

·         At Salem Steel Plant, all major production facilities envisaged under Expansion Plan including Electric Arc Furnace, Ladle Furnace, AOD Convertor, Slab Caster, Slab Grinder, Skin Pass Mill, Annealing and Pickling Line, Coil Preparation Line, Acid Recovery System, Slitting Line, Tension Levelling Line and the auxiliary facilities like Ladle Cranes, DG EOT Crane, MRSS and LCSS have been installed. The first heat was produced on 01.08.10 and the units are now in use for production.

 

·         At Bhilai Steel Plant, Up-gradation facilities under Plate Mill have been completed. Further, the linked facilities like Compressed Air Station-4 and installation of CNC Roll Grinding Machine have been completed. The Coke Oven Battery-6 has been re-built, in compliance with pollution control norms of Govt. of India and Oven Pushing has started in June'11.

 

·         At IISCO Steel Plant, COB-10 has been re-built in Aug'10 in compliance with pollution control norms of Govt. of India, is in regular operation. Facilities like Sinter Plant, Pig Casting Machine, Main Receiving Station and Oxygen Plant, under expansion plan are ready for commissioning. Other facilities envisaged are at various stages of implementation.

 

·         At Rourkela Steel Plant, 700 tpd Oxygen Plant and Simultaneous Blowing of Converters in SMS-II have been completed in Oct'10 and other facilities envisaged under Modernisation and Expansion Plan are at various stages of implementation.

 

·         At Bokaro Steel Plant, Up-gradation of Blast Furnace No-2 has been completed in Jul'10. This will meet the enhanced Hot Metal requirement by the downstream facilities, post modernisation. Further, the Coal Dust Injection System for BF-2 and 3 have been completed by Dec'10. This will lead to reduction in coke rate and improvement of the furnace productivity. The 2nd Ladle Furnace in SMS-II has been completed in Jul'10. The COB-1 and 2 are being re-built in compliance with pollution control norms of Government of India. The Oven pushing has started in COB-1 in June'11. Other facilities under modernization and Expansion Plan are at various stages of implementation.

 

·         At Durgapur Steel Plant, the major packages envisaged under Modernisation and Expansion Plan, like, Bloom-cum-round Caster, Medium Structural Mill and Reheating Furnace for Medium Structural Mill, New Dolomite Plant, Re-building of COB-2, De-bottlenecking of Coal Handling Plant and Raw Material Handling Plant, Ladle Furnace, New Slag Yard and Civil and Structural works for Medium Structural Mill, are at various stages of implementation.

 

·         For Raw Material Projects, in addition to mines expansion, the beneficiation facilities and pelletization facilities have also been envisaged to meet the post expansion raw material requirement. Various Projects taken-up at mines are as follow:

 

v      At Bolani Iron Ore Mines, modification and extension of Railway Line, overhead electrical work and signaling and telecommunication work has been taken up to enhance the loading Capacity to full rake in one stretch. This will further reduce loading time and turnaround time

 

v      At Meghahataburu Iron Ore Mines, the capacity is being increased from 4.3 MTPA to 6.50 MTPA of Iron Ore. The project is under implementation.

 

v      At Kiriburu Iron Ore Mines, the capacity is being increased from 4.25 MTPA to 5.50 MTPA of Iron Ore. The project is under implementation.

 

v      At Chiria and Taldih Iron Ore Deposit, consultants have been appointed for preparation of DPR.

 

·         A Steel Processing Unit is being set up at Bettiah, Bihar to expand the market base and increase the market share. This will also serve the purpose of Corporate Social Responsibility by employment generation and up-liftment of rural areas.

 

·         Revival of Jagdishpur SAIL Unit has been taken up to fulfil the demand of finished and value added products in the region, to lower the initial investment and to utilize the existing facilities and to lower the gestation period for start of production in the plant.

 

In addition to above the following Major Capital (AMR) Schemes are presently in progress are:

 

Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP)

 

·         4th Air Separation Unit of 700 tonnes per day capacity is being installed in Oxygen Plant-II to meet the increasing requirement of oxygen, nitrogen and argon.

 

·         On-line Eddy Current Testing M/c at short rail area in RSM is under implementation to strengthen the inspection of Short Rails and detection of defects more than or equal to 0.5 mm depth and more than 10 mm long.

 

·         Optico Visual Inspection System at short rail area in RSM for online inspection of Rails.

 

·         Installation of Grinding Facilities to enhance the production of Coal required for Coal Dust Injection in BF-6 and 7.

 

·         Installation of Oxygen Evacuation Facilities for 2x1250 TPD New Oxygen Plant.

 

Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP)

 

·         Installation Coal Dust injection in Blast Furnace No. 4 for enhanced production requirements, reduction in coke rate and improvement of the furnace productivity.

 

Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL)

 

·         Replacement of 6 Nos. of Battery Cyclones with 6 nos of Electrostatic Precipitators is being carried out in three machines of the Sinter Plant. This facility is for cleaning of sinter process gas to meet the statutory requirement of emission level of outlet dust at 150 mg/Nm3 as prescribed by Central Pollution Control Board. 

 

·         Installation of New Turbo Blower along with associated facilities to meet the enhanced cold blast requirement of Blast Furnace-2.

 

Alloy Steels Plant (ASP)

 

·         Installation of 1 nos of New 60 T Ladle Furnace to enhance the Stainless Steel Slab production to 1,90,000 tpa for supply to SSP.

 

IN-HOUSE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING

 

Centre for Engineering and Technology (CET) is providing its services in the areas of modernisation, technological upgradation and, additions, modifications & replacement schemes to plants and units within Subject

and clients outside SAIL - both in India and abroad.

 

 

 FIXED ASSETS:

 

·       Land (freehold and leasehold)

·       Right and patents

·       Railway lines

·       Railway sidings

·       Roads

·       Bridges

·       Culverts

·       Buildings

·       Plant and machinery

·       Furniture, fittings

·       Vehicles

·       Water supply and sewerage,

·       EDP equipments

·       Miscellaneous articles

 

 

UNAUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2011

 

(Rs. In Millions)

 

 

Quarter ended

Nine Months ended

Sl. No

Particulars

31st December

30th September

31st December

 

 

2011

2011

2011

 

 

(Unaudited)

(Unaudited)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

1

(a) Net Sales / Income from operations

 

 

 

 

i) Gross sales

116859.500

119703.500

355637.300

 

ii) Less : Excise Duty

10921.100

11336.700

33068.800

 

Sub total (a) (i-ii)

105938.400

108366.800

322568.500

 

(b) Other operating income

1349.400

1429.400

3929.700

 

Sub total 1 (a) + (b)

107287.800

109796.200

326498.200

 

 

 

 

 

2

Expenditure

 

 

 

 

a) Increase(-)/Decrease in stock-in-trade and work in progress

(12570.500)

(4547.900)

(20022.300)

 

b) Consumption of Raw Materials

59908.500

56084.500

167888.800

 

c) Purchase of traded goods

18.100

19.200

46.500

 

d) Consumption of stores & spares

6571.500

6521.000

19291.900

 

e) Employees' cost

18645.400

19808.000

61114.700

 

f) Power & Fuel

11284.700

11237.200

33141.400

 

g) Depreciation

4093.100

3937.800

11779.000

 

h) Other Expenditure

10768.600

9579.100

30693.200

 

i) Less: Finished Products Internally Consumed

3149.500

2176.300

7961.800

 

Sub total 2 (a) to (h) - (i)

95569.900

100462.600

295971.400

3

Profit from operations before other income, interest and exceptional items ( 1-2)

11717.900

9333.600

30526.800

4

Other Income

 

 

 

 

i) Interest earned

3706.500

4337.500

12571.500

 

ii) Other Income

130.600

565.100

830.200

 

Sub total (i+ii)

3837.100

4902.600

13401.700

5

Profit before interest and exceptional items ( 3+4)

15555.000

14236.200

43928.500

6

Interest

1854.600

2000.100

5566.900

7

Profit after interest but before exceptional items ( 5-6)

13700.400

12236.100

38361.600

8

Exceptional items-Foreign exchange loss (-)/ gain(+) (Refer note vi)

(4662.800)

(5087.200)

(9866.500)

9

Profit from ordinary activities before tax ( 7+8)

9037.600

7148.900

28495.100

10

Tax Expense

 

 

 

 

(a) Current Tax

2719.700

2359.100

8976.200

 

(b) Deferrred Tax Liability / Assets ( - )

11.800

(146.300)

(113.100)

 

(c) Earlier years

(15.100)

(10.300)

(25.400)

 

Sub-Total ( a to c )

2716.400

2202.500

8837.700

11

Net Profit from ordinary activities after Tax ( 9-10 )

6321.200

4946.400

19657.400

12

Extraordinary items (net of tax expense Rs. Nil)

--

--

--

13

Net Profit for the period (11-12)

6321.200

4946.400

19657.400

14

Paid up Equity Share Capital ( Face value : Rs. 10 per share )

41305.300

41305.300

41305.300

15

Reserves (excluding revaluation reserve) as per balance sheet of previous accounting year

--

--

--

16

Basic and Diluted Earnings per share before and after extraordinary items ( Not Annualised ) ( Rupees )

1.53

1.20

4.76

17

Aggregate of public share holding

 

 

 

 

- Number of shares

58,52,22,759

58,52,22,759

58,52,22,759

 

- Percentage of share holding

14.17%

14.17%

14.17%

18

Promoters and Promoter group shareholding

 

 

 

 

(a) Pledged / Encumbered

 

 

 

 

- Number of Shares

-

-

-

 

- Percentage of shares (as a % of the total

-

-

-

 

- Percentage of shares (as a % of the total share capital of the company)

-

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) Non-Encumbered

 

 

 

 

- Number of Shares

3544690285

3544690285

3544690285

 

- Percentage of shares (as a % of the total

100

100

100

 

- shareholding of the promoter and promoter group)

 

 

 

 

- Percentage of shares (as a % of the total share capital of the company)

85.82

85.82

85.82

 

NOTES

i)         The above results have been reviewed by the Audit Committee and taken on record by the Board of Directors in their meeting held on 13th February, 2012.

ii)       The above results have been reviewed by the Statutory Auditors, as required under Clause 41 of the Listing Agreement.

iii)      The information on investors’ complaints pursuant to Clause 41 of the Listing Agreement for the quarter ended 31st December, 2011

Opening Balance

Received during the quarter

Resolved during the quarter

Closing balance

-

6

6

-

 

iv)      The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, vide Order dated 10th June, 2011, notified the approval of amalgamation of Maharashtra Elektrosmelt Limited (MEL), a subsidiary company, with the Company under Sections 391 to 394 of the Companies Act, 1956. As per the Scheme of Amalgamation, the Appointed Date of Amalgamation is 1st April, 2010. The Amalgamation has been given effect to in accordance with the provisions of the scheme of amalgamation. Accordingly, as stipulated under the Scheme of Amalgamation, balance of the Profit and Loss Account of the MEL as on 1st April, 2010, has been merged in the accounts of the Company. The profit after tax of MEL for the year 2010-11, has also been credited to the balance of the Profit and Loss Account of the Company. The financial results of the quarter/nine months ended 31st December, 2010 and the year ended 31st March, 2011, do not include the figures of the erstwhile MEL and are, therefore, not comparable with those of the current quarter/nine months. The figures for the current quarter/nine months include the results of erstwhile MEL, consequent to its amalgamation with the Company.

v)        The Board of Directors, in their meeting held on 13th February, 2012, have approved interim dividend of Rs.1.20 per equity share for the financial year 2011-12. The record date for payment of interim dividend has been fixed as 18th February, 2012.

vi)       Due to unusual and steep depreciation in the value of the Rupee against US Dollar and Euro during the current quarter/nine months, the foreign exchange fluctuation loss on short term foreign currency loans of Rs. 4662.800 millions for the current quarter and Rs. 9866.500 millions for the current nine months have been considered as an `Exceptional Item’ by the Company.

vii)     In accordance with Companies (Accounting Standards) Amendment Rules 2009, relating to Accounting Standard – 11, notified by the Government of India on 31st March 2009 and amended from time to time, the foreign exchange fluctuation loss on long-term foreign currency loans of Rs. 1380.1 millions for the current quarter and Rs.2575.100 millions for the current nine months have been adjusted in the carrying cost of the Fixed Assets/Capital Work-in-progress

viii)   Net Sales include sales to Government agencies recognized on provisional contract prices during the nine months ended 31st December, 2011: Rs.27617.900 millions (corresponding nine months of previous year: Rs. 25820.000 millions) and up to 31st December, 2011: Rs.139078.600 millions (up to the corresponding nine months of previous year : Rs.105532.100 millions).

ix)     The matter regarding pension for non-executives remains to be decided at a later date. The effect thereof, if any, on the financial results is not ascertainable.

x)       a) The matter with regard to imposition of entry tax on coal and iron ore @6% on discriminatory basis in one of the plants of the Company, is pending in the Hon'ble Supreme Court and is sub judice. Till 31st March, 2011, the liability towards entry tax (including penal interest on delayed payment of entry tax) was provided @ 6% on Coking Coal and Iron Ore. Based on the Hon'ble Supreme Court’s order dated 9th February, 2010, the actual payment of entry tax is being made @3%. Based on the legal opinion, the accounting treatment in respect of imposition of entry tax was reviewed for the period 1st April to 31st December, 2011and the liability towards entry tax has been retained in the books to the extent @3% each and the balance liability @3% has been written back during the current quarter, resulting in increase in profit of Rs.420 million and Rs. 1730million for the quarter and nine months respectively.

b) The writ petition before Hon'ble Allahabad Court on entry tax in Uttar Pradesh has been dismissed on 23.12.2011. Bank guarantees amounting to Rs.417.800 millions have been invoked and encashed. On SLP before the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, leave has been granted. Pending final decision by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, the amount of Rs.438.300 millions under dispute up to 31.12.2011 has been treated as contingent liability.

xi) The figures of previous periods have been re-grouped, wherever necessary, to conform to current quarter/nine months’s classification. Pursuant to the amalgamation of MEL with the Company, as explained in note

(v)     Above, the figures for the current quarter/nine months are not comparable with the corresponding period of previous year.  

 

 

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BACKGROUND AND HISTORY

 

Subject traces its origin to the formative years of an emerging nation - India. After independence the builders of modern India worked with a vision - to lay the infrastructure for rapid industrialisaton of the country. The steel sector was to propel the economic growth. Hindustan Steel Private Limited was set up on January 19, 1954.

Expanding Horizon (1959-1973)

Hindustan Steel (HSL) was initially designed to manage only one plant that was coming up at Rourkela. For Bhilai and Durgapur Steel Plants, the preliminary work was done by the Iron and Steel Ministry. From April 1957, the supervision and control of these two steel plants were also transferred to Hindustan Steel. The registered office was originally in New Delhi. It moved to Calcutta in July 1956, and ultimately to Ranchi in December 1959.

The 1 MT phases of Bhilai and Rourkela Steel Plants were completed by the end of December 1961. The 1 MT phase of Durgapur Steel Plant was completed in January 1962 after commissioning of the Wheel and Axle plant. The crude steel production of HSL went up from .158 MT (1959-60) to 1.6 MT. A new steel company, Bokaro Steel Limited, was incorporated in January 1964 to construct and operate the steel plant at Bokaro.The second phase of Bhilai Steel Plant was completed in September 1967 after commissioning of the Wire Rod Mill. The last unit of the 1.8 MT phase of Rourkela - the Tandem Mill - was commissioned in February 1968, and the 1.6 MT stage of Durgapur Steel Plant was completed in August 1969 after commissioning of the Furnace in SMS. Thus, with the completion of the 2.5 MT stage at Bhilai, 1.8 MT at Rourkela and 1.6 MT at Durgapur, the total crude steel production capacity of HSL was raised to 3.7 MT in 1968-69 and subsequently to 4MT in 1972-73.

Holding Company

The Ministry of Steel and Mines drafted a policy statement to evolve a new model for managing industry. The policy statement was presented to the Parliament on December 2, 1972. On this basis the concept of creating a holding company to manage inputs and outputs under one umbrella was mooted. This led to the formation of Steel Authority of India Limited. The company, incorporated on January 24, 1973 with an authorized capital of Rs. 2000 crore, was made responsible for managing five integrated steel plants at Bhilai, Bokaro, Durgapur, Rourkela and Burnpur, the Alloy Steel Plant and the Salem Steel Plant. In 1978 SAIL was restructured as an operating company.

Since its inception, Subject has been instrumental in laying a sound infrastructure for the industrial development of the country. Besides, it has immensely contributed to the development of technical and managerial expertise. It has triggered the secondary and tertiary waves of economic growth by continuously providing the inputs for the consuming industry.

NEWS

PRESS RELEASE

SAIL SALES TURNOVER AT RS. 355640.000 MILLIONS REGISTERS A GROWTH OF 5 % IN FIRST NINE MONTHS OF FY'12.


New Delhi, 13 February 2012

 

Interim Dividend declared at 12 per cent.

New Delhi : SAIL's turnover for the first nine months at Rs. 355637.300 Millions was 5 % higher than CPLY. Profits were impacted compared to CPLY, due to higher input costs and foreign exchange variations. The company's PBT and PAT during the April-December'11 period were recorded at Rs. 28495.100 Millions and Rs. 19657.400 Millions, lower by 42.7 % and 41.7 % respectively, over CPLY. The difference in profit (PBT) at Rs. 21200.000 Millions, was primarily because of impact of coking coal price increase at Rs. 18490.000 Millions, and foreign currency variation of Rs. 10790.000 Millions. SAIL's net worth grew by Rs. 25030.000 Millions to Rs. 386180.000 Millions as on 31st December'11. SAIL Board approved interim dividend for its shareholders at 12 % of the company's paid-up capital.

Reflecting the uptrend in performance over the preceding quarter, SAIL Q3 profit before tax (PBT) at Rs. 9037.600 Millions and Q3 profit after tax (PAT) at Rs. 6321.200 Millions, registered a growth of 26 % and 28 % respectively, over Q2FY12. Q3 PBT was down by Rs.7244.400 Millions (44%) over CPLY, owing to impact of Rs. 5780.000 Millions on account of increase in prices of Coking Coal, and Rs. 4990.000 Millions on account of foreign exchange variation. The impact of these two factors, among others, also brought down PAT by Rs. 4753.500 Millions (43 %). The turnover for Q3FY12 at Rs. 116859.500 Millions was 4.8 % less than CPLY.

Several ongoing projects in SAIL steel plants were completed in Q3FY12, including rebuilding of Coke Oven Battery-II at Bokaro, installation of turbo-blower no. 8 at Bokaro, installation of 60-tonne ladle furnace at ASP and Tonnage Oxygen Plants at Rourkela and Bhilai. Commissioning activities for pickling line cum tandem cold Mill (PLTCM) for Cold Rolling Mill at Bokaro were started.

SAIL Board has accorded in-principle approval for bearing the expenses of two CRPF battalions for facilitating a safe environment in Rowghat region. Tender has been floated for a pelletisation (4 MT)-cum-beneficiation (10 MT) project at Gua iron ore mines, and is likely to be finalized this year. This is a step towards raw material securitisation and bringing in environment-friendly mining technology.

During Q3FY12, SAIL moved one step ahead in its journey to become a global player. The SAIL-led consortium AFISCO (Afghan Iron and Steel Consortium), which had submitted its bid for mining exploration rights at Hajigak, having an estimated reserve of 1.7 billion tonnes of iron ore, won the status of 'Preferred Bidder' for blocks B, C and D of the mines with an estimated reserve of 1.28 billion tonnes of high-grade magnetite iron ore (with 62-64% Fe content). 'SAIL-Kobe Iron India Private Limited' name has been approved for 0.5 million tonnes ITmK3 plant. Subsequent to signing of term sheet for this plant, environment impact study and site survey including soil investigation has been started at ASP, Durgapur. At domestic front, SAIL signed a deed of transfer with Burn Standard and Company Limited (BSCL) for the transfer of BSCL's Refractory Unit at Salem to the newly formed subsidiary of SAIL, namely SAIL Refractory Company Limited (SRCL). Since SAIL's requirement of refractory material is expected to increase substantially after implementation of its modernisation and expansion plans, the merger holds immense strategic advantage for SAIL in the long run.

A new SPV company 'SAIL-Sindri Projects Limited' has already been incorporated in November'2011, for revival of the closed units of FCIL. SAIL is awaiting BIFR clearance for taking further action.

SAIL was conferred 'Industry Excellence Award' by Institution of Engineers (India) in December'2011. SAIL employees also continued their winning streak at national performance awards. Of the 189 Shram Awards for earlier calendar years presented by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Union Minister for Labour and Employment Shri Mallikarjun Kharge at a glittering ceremony held at Vigyan Bhawan in October'11, 103 went to SAIL employees. This translates to 54.5% of the total number of Shram awards presented. SAIL also bagged 50% of the total 28 Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar awards, which were presented to the employees in November'2011. Recently, SAIL has been conferred MoU Excellence Award in the Mining and Metals category by Hon'ble Prime Minister, at a function jointly organised by DPE and SCOPE. This year, Bhilai Steel Plant of SAIL was declared the winner of the Prime Minister's best Integrated Steel Plant trophy for 2009-10. This is the tenth time that BSP has won this coveted award.

Reviewing the Q3 performance SAIL Chairman Shri C. S. Verma said, "The uptrend over the preceding quarter performance is an indication of the overall steel scenario becoming positive, and internal measures yielding desired results. With prices of coke stabilising, steel demand strengthening and increased production volumes in the offing for SAIL, 2012 is likely to be a year of fresh beginnings."

 

 


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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 records 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. 55.26

UK Pound

1

Rs. 86.80

Euro

1

Rs. 69.63

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Information Gathered by :

--

 

 

Report Prepared by :

DPT


 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

8

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

8

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

9

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

9

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

9

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

9

--LEVERAGE

1~10

8

--RESERVES

1~10

9

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

8

--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

YES

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

77

 

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

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

-

NB

                                       New Business

-

 

 

 

 

 

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This report is issued at your request without any risk and responsibility on the part of MIRA INFORM PRIVATE LIMITED (MIPL) or its officials.