Jbf Industries

Govt negotiating with Gail to employ 34 people troubled by JBF crisis

The Karnataka government is in talks with the Centre to provide jobs at Gas Authority of India Limited to 34 employees who are left in the lurch due to a financial crisis in JBF Industries Ltd, state Large and Medium Industries minister MB Patil said on Tuesday in the legislative council. He was replying to a question by Congress member Manjunath Bhandari. The minister said that talks will be held again with top officials of GAIL. The minister's reference was to 34 people who were evicted after they gave their lands to JBF Industries Ltd in Mangalore Special Economic Zone (SEZ). According to the government rules, the company should have employed 115 such people who gave up their land for the project. Later, the company employed only 81 of them in 2012. However, the company ran into a financial crisis in 2017 and was handed over to Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) as per the process held at NCLT (National Company Law Tribunal). Though GAIL paid them wages till March 2023, problem

GAIL infuses Rs 2,100 crore in insolvent chemical firm JBF Petrochemicals

India's largest gas firm GAIL has infused Rs 2,100 crore in insolvent private-sector chemical company JBF Petrochemicals Ltd that it had acquired in bankruptcy proceedings. The firm had in March won bankruptcy court approval for taking over JBF. In a stock exchange filing, GAIL (India) Ltd said it has "infused Rs 2,101 crore (equity - Rs 625 crore and debt - Rs 1,476 crore)" in the committed bankruptcy resolution plan. "Accordingly, JBF has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of GAIL with effect from June 1, 2023," it said. GAIL had outbid a consortium of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) in the insolvency process run by IDBI Bank to recover Rs 5,628 crore of dues to financial and operational creditors. JBF Petrochemicals was incorporated in 2008 to set up a 1.25 million tonne per annum capacity purified terephthalic acid plant at Mangalore Special Economic Zone. IDBI and other banks had lent JBF money to build the PTA plant for USD 603.81 milli

RIL may be lone bidder for JBF Petrochem, which defaulted on Rs 5K-cr loan

JBF Petrochemicals, a Mangalore-based company, is up for sale for defaulting on bank loans worth Rs 5,000 crore

Jindal Power exits race to buy JBF Petro; RIL, others in contention

L N Mittal-backed HPCL-Mittal Energy and govt-owned companies remain in contention for the bankrupt firm

CFM ARC sells JBF Industries assets to Reliance Industries entity

RIL was the lone bidder for the company with a Rs 825-crore offer as against the dues of Rs 2,100 crore of banks

JBF Ind hits 5% upper circuit for 2nd straight day on RIL takeover buzz

RIL, meanwhile, said that there are no negotiations which are taking place for Reliance to takeover JBF Industries or its assets

Lenders seek fresh bids for JBF Petrochem after firm fails to get offers

The firm, a step-down subsidiary of JBF Industries, owes some Rs 5,000 cr to the lenders; search is on to find a buyer for its stalled Karnataka project

JBF Industries nears four-year low; tanks 27% in two trading days

Since February 8, JBF Industries tanked 44% after reported a net loss of Rs 163 million for the quarter ended December 2017.

JBF Industries soars 20% on talk of strategic stake sale

The stock rallied 20% to Rs 237 on the BSE in the morning deal, recovering nearly 74% from its 52-week low of Rs 136 touched on August 10, 2017 in intra-day trade.

JBF Industries hit fresh 52-week low, tanks 45% in 2 weeks

The stock tanked 19% to Rs 143 on BSE at intra-day

JBF Industries extends fall on credit rating downgrade

The stock dipped 11% to Rs 199 on BSE in early morning trade, extending its Friday's 13% fall.

JBF Industries surges after block deal

Around 3.23 million equity shares representing 3.9% of the total equity of JBF Industries changed hands on the BSE.