Grasim Industries Limited

Aditya Birla Group's Grasim Industries Posts Good Q2 Results

Grasim Industries Limited, a group firm of the Aditya Birla Group posted its Q2 results. Grasim Industries is involved in the manufacture of Viscose Staple Fibre (VSF), which is used in garments, cement, and chemicals. Grasim's cement subsidiary is UltraTech Cement.

GIL reported a net profit of Rs.488.50 crore, as against Rs.416.38 crore for the corresponding period a year ago, an increase of 17 %.
GIL reported a consolidated income of Rs.8,392.90 crore, as against Rs.7,943.05 crore for the corresponding period a year ago, an increase of 6 %.
GIL reported a consolidated Ebitda (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) of Rs.1,485 crore, as against Rs.1,277 crore for the corresponding period a year ago, an increase of 16 %.
GIL reported a stand-alone net profit of Rs.338.24 crore, as against Rs.299.41 crore for the corresponding period a year ago, an increase of 13 %.

Grasim's cement subsidiary UltraTech Cement reported a 4 % growth in cement revenues and cement sales volume was also higher at 11.4 MT against 10.9 MT last year. With the commissioning of cement grinding units of 1.6 MTPA each in the states of Haryana and West Bengal, the company's cement capacity now stands at a massive 67.7 MTPA.

Kochi Cement Hub

Kochi to emerge as a major cement hub in South India

In addition to the two cement companies currently operating in Kochi port, Ambuja Cements and UltraTech Cement, Zuari Cement is expected to begin operations in November 2015. Civil construction activities for Penna Cement's terminal has begun. The Kerala state owned Malabar Cements is all set to begin their ambitious cement terminal.

Cement throughtput figures for Kochi port are:
Cement throughput was 2,59,000 tonnes during 2010-11.
Cement throughput was 3,11,000 tonnes during 2012-13.
Cement throughput was 6,04,000 tonnes during 2013-14.
Cement throughput was 7,03,000 tonnes during 2014-15.

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Orient Cement Q2 Results

Orient Cement Net Profits Dips by 35% For Q2

Orient Cement, part of the US$1.6 Billion CK Birla group reported for the September quarter a 35% drop in its net profit on account of lower income and higher expenses and finance costs.

The cement company has registered a net profit of Rs 28.01 crores as against Rs.43.33 crore for the corresponding quarter in the last fiscal. Its net sales declined to Rs 355.04 crore in the September quarter of the current fiscal as against Rs 384.12 crore in the same quarter of the last fiscal. Total expenditure of the company rose to Rs 331.09 crore during the September quarter as against Rs 318.06 crore in the same quarter of the last fiscal. Finance cost of the company during the September quarter increased to about Rs 5 crore as against about Rs 4 crore in the same quarter of the last fiscal.

Orient Cement has an installed cement capacity of 5 MPTA. As part of its long-term growth plan to reach 15 MTPA cement capacity by year 2020, Orient Cement is setting up a facility of three MTPA at Chittapur, Gulbarga, Karnataka at an investment of about Rs 2,000 crore.

Sanghi Cement

Alok Sanghi, Director, Sanghi Industries Speaks On Cement Growth Drivers

Alok Sanghi, Director, Sanghi Industries Limited, expressed his views on the key factors that drive cement growth. He goes on to say that adding to the product line by way of Blended Cement (Pozzolana Portland Cement) in addition to the conventional OPC (Ordinary Portland Cement) acts as a cement growth driver. By taking a fresh look at Logistics adding coastal shipping, cement markets that were conventionally not cost-effective have now become major potential markets.

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Orient Cement's Cement Capacity Addition

Orient Cement Commissions New Greenfieeld Integrated Cement Plant.

Orient Cement Ltd has commissioned, started commercial production and cement dispatches at its new greenfield integrated cement plant located at Chittapur, Gulbarga District, Karnataka with an installed cement capacity of 3.0 million tonnes per annum (MTPA).

With the commissioning of this new unit, the total installed capacity of Orient Cement Ltd. has increased to 8 MTPA from 5 MPTA. Orient Cement's other cement units include, Cement Plant unit at Devapur, Adilabad, Telangana and Split Cement Grinding unit at Jalgaon, Maharashtra.

Orient Cement is part of the CK Birla Group, a growing US$1.6 billion conglomerate that has interests in three industry clusters: technology and automotive, home and building, and healthcare and education.