Mesco Steel acquires Maithan Ispat in Rs 1,160 crore deal

Written By Unknown on Rabu, 01 April 2015 | 21.03

The deal will help bail out Maithan Ispat, which is under debt burden of Rs 795 crore, and enable Mesco to utilise large iron ore mines of the Odisha-based company. "It is a win-win scenario for Mesco.

Mesco Steel on Wednesday said it has acquired Odisha-based Maithan Ispat for Rs 1,160 crore in a mix of debt and equity deal.

The deal will help bail out Maithan Ispat, which is under debt burden of Rs 795 crore, and enable Mesco to utilise large iron ore mines of the Odisha-based company. "It is a win-win scenario for Mesco.

The deal will take Mesco Steel's capacity to 2.2 million tonne per annum," Mesco Steel CMD Rita Singh told Media. The deal is worth Rs 1,160 crore, she said. As per the deal, Delhi-based Mesco will take over Maithan Ispat's 1 million tonne steel plant at Kalinganagar.

Mesco said it is in talks with a consortium of banks led by State Bank of India  for repaying the debt of Maithan.

Maithan Ispat also has a 60-tonne steel melting shop. Mesco said that it "is now going to add another 70 tonnes of electric arc furnace".

"This will give distinctive advantage in high beam and section mill, which is also expandable to one million tonnes," it said.

Mesco Steel operates two blast furnaces at its plant in Kalinganagar. Recently, it signed an agreement with world's fourth largest steel firm Posco for shifting the latter's patented Finex plant to India.

Mesco also operates an iron ore mine in Barbil region and has another iron ore mining lease at Malangtoli in Odisha. 

SBI stock price

On April 01, 2015, State Bank of India closed at Rs 273.45, up Rs 6.45, or 2.42 percent. The 52-week high of the share was Rs 335.90 and the 52-week low was Rs 186.74.


The company's trailing 12-month (TTM) EPS was at Rs 16.61 per share as per the quarter ended December 2014. The stock's price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio was 16.46. The latest book value of the company is Rs 158.43 per share. At current value, the price-to-book value of the company is 1.73.


Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang

Mesco Steel acquires Maithan Ispat in Rs 1,160 crore deal

Dengan url

http://kebugaranhidup.blogspot.com/2015/04/mesco-steel-acquires-maithan-ispat-in.html

Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya

Mesco Steel acquires Maithan Ispat in Rs 1,160 crore deal

namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link

Mesco Steel acquires Maithan Ispat in Rs 1,160 crore deal

sebagai sumbernya

0 komentar:

Posting Komentar

techieblogger.com Techie Blogger Techie Blogger