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Orient Cement reports 24% drop in 2Q income

13 November 2024, Published under Cement News

Orient Cement Ltd , based in Bhubaneswar, India, and part of Ambuja Cements Ltd , reported a total income of INR5476m in the quarter ended 30 September 2024 (2QFY24-25), down 24.2 per cent from INR7222.4m in the year-ago period. Profit before tax saw a 19.9 per cent YoY drop to INR5444.8m in the 2QFY24-25 from INR6798.2m. The company posted a net profit of INR23.2m in the 2QFY24-25, showing a 93.6 per cent fall from INR367.1m in the 2QFY23-24. 6MFY24-25 In the first six months of FY24...

Adani group acquires Orient Cement

22 October 2024, Published under Cement News

Ambuja Cements , part of the  Adani Group , has agreed to acquire Orient Cement Ltd at the equity value of INR81bn (US$963.4m). This binding agreement set Ambuja to acquire a 46.8 per cent stake in Orient Cement. This acquisition will add 16.6Mta capacity, accelerating Ambuja’s journey to an operational capacity of over 100Mta in FY24-25. The target capacity of the group is 140Mta by 2028. This acquisition will provide an additional capacity of 6Mta in north India, leveraging Orient Cemen...

Orient Cement posts INR682 4Q net profit

03 May 2024, Published under Cement News

CK Birla Group subsidiary Orient Cement Ltd reported a 1.4 per cent uptick in revenue from operations to INR8.88bn in January-March 2024 when compared with the equivalent quarter of the previous year, when revenue reached INR8.76bn. Total expenses rose marginally to INR7.855bn. The company's net profit edged up by 1.2 per cent YoY to INR681.9m in the 4QFY23-24 from INR673.7m in the year-ago period. For the financial year ended 31 March 2024, Orient Cement's profit increased 42.4 per c...

Orient Cement sees net profit jump 64% YoY

06 February 2024, Published under Cement News

India's  Orient Cement , part of the CK Birla Group , has reported revenue from operations of INR7513m (US$90.45m) in the quarter ended 31 December 2023 (3QFY23-24). This marks a 2.6 per cent increase on the INR7322.9m seen in the same period a year earlier. Over the same timeframe, consolidated net profit advanced to INR449.9m, up 63.5 per cent from the INR275.1m recorded in the 3QFY22-23. Total expenses, meanwhile, declined one per cent to INR6814.4m over the same period. Total income...

Orient Cement sees revenue expand 17% YoY

13 November 2023, Published under Cement News

Orient Cement, part of the CK Birla Group , has reported total income of INR7222.4m (US$86.6m) in the 2QFY24, ended 30 September 2023. This marks a 16.5 per cent increase on the same period a year earlier. Net profit in the September 2023 quarter came in at INR246.2m, compared to a net loss of INR94.9m in the 2QFY23.  The quarter also saw the company approve a reduction in the solar power plant capacity for its Jalgaon plant from 5.5MWdc to 3.7MWdc to help maximise return on investme...

Orient Cement welcomes new company secretary

04 September 2023, Published under Cement News

Orient Cement , part of the CK Birla Group , has announced the appointment of Diksha Singh as company secretary and compliance officer with effect from 2 September 2023. She will take over the role from Nidhi Bisaria, who resigned effective from 1 September 2023.   Ms Singh is a science and law graduate, and is an associate member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. She has more than 14 years’ experience working for listed companies. Prior to joining Orient Cement, she he...

Orient Cement reports profit dip in June quarter

03 August 2023, Published under Cement News

Orient Cement Ltd , part of the CK Birla Group , has reported revenue from operations of INR8251.8m (US$99.8m) in the quarter ended 30 June 2023, up from INR7139.3m in the same period a year earlier. Net profit for the three-month period came in at INR370.3m, down slightly on the INR374.1m seen in the June quarter of 2022. Total expenses over the same timeframe advanced from INR6560.5m to INR7723.9m, driven primarily by cost of materials consumed, and power and fuel. Earnings per share ...

Orient Cement enters agreement to acquire stake in Ardeur Renewables

25 July 2023, Published under Cement News

India-based Orient Cement has entered into a share subscription and shareholders’ agreement with Ardeur Renewables and Cleantech Solar India on 21 July 2023 for the acquisition of a 28.52 per cent stake in Ardeur Renewables’ share capital. It will build two solar power plants with a capacity of 16MWdc in Karnataka and 5.5MWdc in Maharashtra under the Captive Scheme. With the INR95m acquisition, Orient Cement expects to meet its green energy requirement, optimise its energy cost and compl...

Orient Cement sees revenue advance in FY22-23

05 July 2023, Published under Cement News

Orient Cement , part of the CK Birla Group, has reported total income of INR29,375.5m (US$358.2m) in its FY22-23 annual report (FY21-22:INR27,350m). EBITDA over the same period came in at INR3765.6m (FY21-22:INR6006m), with an EBITDA margin of 12.8 per cent, while profit after tax stood at INR1228.2m (FY21-22:INR2633m). Earnings per share over the 12 months were reported at INR5.99. According to Chandrakant Birla, chairman, Orient Cement, “The government’s focus on infrastructure develo...

Orient Cement begins Devapur expansion

09 May 2023, Published under Cement News

Orient Cement (part of the CK Birla Group ) has laid the foundation stone for the expansion of its integrated cement plant in Devapur , Adilabad District, Telangana. The INR20,000m (US$243.6m) project will increase the plant’s cement production capacity from 5Mta to 8Mta.  With the expansion expected to provide 4000 new direct and indirect job opportunities, the local Telangana government is also setting up a skill development centre near Devapur, offering training to local young peo...