Vedanta Group

Vedanta plans to invest $500 mn in display glass maker AvanStrate Inc

Metals and mining giant Vedanta Ltd is planning to invest close to USD 500 million in its display glass unit AvanStrate Inc, the company said on Monday. Vendanta Group has expressed interest in setting up a display semiconductor manufacturing unit in India. "Vedanta Limited is planning to invest close to USD 500 million (about Rs 4,300 crore) in its group company, AvanStrate Inc. (ASI), a leading global display glass manufacturer that is now fully managed by Vedanta Limited," it said in a statement. The company plans to make this strategic investment to drive innovation and expansion within ASI, strengthening its focus on research and development, as well as manufacturing capabilities and product offerings to cater to the growing global demand for advanced display glass solutions, the statement said. "This strategic investment from Vedanta Group is reflective of our clear and definitive shift in focus toward significant growth-oriented projects. We are confident that ASI's ...

Vedanta keeps cost guidance unchanged, pushes capital expenditure pedal

Anil Agarwal, in a shareholder message, highlights doubling of capacities across its key businesses

Vedanta board to meet on Oct 8; consider, approve 4th interim dividend

Mining major Vedanta Ltd on Wednesday said its board will meet on October 8 to consider and approve the fourth interim dividend for 2024-25. The record date for the purpose of determining the entitlement of the equity shareholders for the fourth dividend, if declared, is being fixed as October 16, 2024, the mining conglomerate said in an exchange filing. So far, the Anil Agarwal-led entity has approved a total dividend of Rs 13,474 crore for 2024-25. On September 2, the company's board approved the third interim dividend of Rs 20 per share for the current financial year, taking the total dividend payout for FY'25 to Rs 13,474 crore. Vedanta fixed September 10 as the date for the purpose of payment of dividend. Earlier, the board on July 26 had approved the second interim dividend of Rs 4 per equity share for 2024-25 amounting to Rs 1,564 crore. On May 16, the company had approved the first interim dividend of Rs 11 per equity share for FY'25 amounting to Rs 4,089 crore. During 202

Demerger of Vedanta's key businesses likely to happen by end of FY25

The demerger of mining conglomerate Vedanta Ltd's key businesses, including aluminium, into separate listed companies is expected by the end of FY25, a top official of the company said on Wednesday. Vedanta Ltd has filed an application for its demerger scheme before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) after receiving a nod from lenders. Asked when is the demerger happening, John Slaven, CEO of aluminium business of Vedanta, said, "it's not within our control. It's the NCLT process. They typically take, I don't know, four to six months, to run that process. So by end of this fiscal year, by the end of this fiscal year (I see it happening)." Slaven was speaking during the launch of Vedanta Aluminum's two new products for power sector. The first product offers superior electrical conductivity, making it ideal for remelting. The second product is the electrical conductor grade wire rod, designed for winding strip applications with a balance of strength, conductivity, workability,

Vedanta sets Rs 30,000 cr war chest to pursue further deleveraging, growth

Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Ltd has prepared a war chest of Rs 30,000 crore with recent funds raised through a qualified institutional placement (QIP), offer for sale (OFS) and dividend to pursue further deleveraging and growth, sources said. Proceeds from the Rs 8,500-crore QIP of Vedanta Ltd, HZL's OFS of Rs 3,200 crore, and Rs 5,100 crore from the second interim dividend, coupled with existing cash reserves of Rs 13,000 crore, will lead to the creation of a Rs 30,000-crore war chest after the company receives all the funds, sources said. Vedanta may deploy this war chest for accelerated deleveraging of its balance sheet, improving capital structure, development of its transformational projects paving the way for its near-term USD 10-billion dollar EBITDA target and pursuing inorganic opportunities, an analyst said. Vedanta continued to deliver strong quarterly numbers. For the first quarter, profit after tax grew 54 per cent year-on-year (YoY) and more than doubled on a ...

US court asks Vedanta-backed Sterlite Tech to pay $96.5 mn to Prysmian

An American court has ordered Vedanta Group-backed Sterlite Technologies' overseas arm to pay USD 96.5 million, about Rs 810 crore, in damages to US-based Prysmian for violating trade secrets norms, according to a regulatory filing and plaintiff's statement. Additionally, the court has awarded USD 200,000 penalty on Stephen Szymanski, Sterlite Technologies Inc (STI) Executive Vice President for Americas Region, for misappropriation of trade secrets of Prysmian. STI is the US subsidiary of Sterlite Technologies (STL) which has contested the judgement and may file an appeal against it. Prysmian in a statement said a South Carolina jury on August 9 ordered in favour of Prysmian following a three-week trial in the district court of Columbia, South Carolina. "The jury found that Sterlite was unjustly enriched by taking Prysmian's trade secrets and awarded USD 96.5 million in damages against Sterlite Technologies, Inc. In addition, the jury found that Stephen Szymanski had been unjustly

Hindustan Zinc Q1FY25 results: Net profit rises 19% to Rs 2,345 cr

Vedanta group firm Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL) on Friday reported 19.3 per cent rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 2,345 crore for June quarter FY25. The company had posted a net profit of Rs 1,964 crore for the year-ago period. Income rose to Rs 8,398 crore from Rs 7,564 crore in the year-ago period, HZL said in a filing to BSE. Hindustan Zinc is the world's second-largest integrated zinc producer and the third-largest silver producer. The company supplies to more than 40 countries and holds a market share of about 75 per cent of the primary zinc market in India.

Vedanta gets secured creditors' nod for demerger into six companies

Agarwal tried unsuccessfully to take Vedanta private in 2020, his latest attempt to trim down parent company's debt last year by getting its unit, Hindustan Zinc, to buy some of firm's zinc assets

HZL market cap up nearly 477 times to Rs 2.8 trn, says Chairperson Hebbar

Vedanta group firm Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL) on Monday said its market capitalisation grew by nearly 477 times to reach about Rs 2.8 lakh crore from Rs 600 crore two decades ago. Speaking during the 58th Annual General Meeting on Monday, the company's Chairperson Priya Agarwal Hebbar said Hindustan Zinc's market capitalisation at about Rs 2.8 lakh crore is the highest among all metal and mining peers in the country. "This marks a growth of nearly 477 times in market capitalisation from a mere Rs 600 crore two decades ago," she said. In FY24, she said, the company achieved significant improvements in its operational efficiencies and saw a remarkable reduction in the cost of production. "We advanced into the first decile of the cost curve and recorded the lowest annual production cost in the past three years at USD 1,117 per tonne," she said. Hindustan Zinc is the world's second-largest integrated zinc producer and the third-largest silver producer. The company supplies its products

Vedanta's Agarwal urges govt to privatise gold mining to boost production

After the budget, top government officials clarified that the government's strategy goes beyond privatisation and the aim now is to create value of the government owned companies

Vedanta's Hindustan Zinc contributes Rs 13,195 cr to exchequer in FY24

Vedanta group firm Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL) on Monday said it has contributed Rs 13,195 crore to the exchequer in the last financial year, representing about 46 per cent of its total revenues. In FY 2023-24, Hindustan Zinc's total contribution to the exchequer stood at Rs 13,195 crores, the Vedanta group firm said in a regulatory filing. With this, HZL's cumulative contribution to the exchequer over the past five years stood at Rs 77,803 crore. "As our businesses grow, so will these numbers. At Hindustan Zinc, we are committed to continuing to do business with a purpose in a manner that is sustainable, transparent and creates value for all our stakeholders," Hindustan Zinc Chairperson Priya Agarwal Hebbar said. Over the past five years, that company has consistently contributed an average of approximately Rs 3,250 crore per year to Rajasthan in the form of royalties, contributions to the District Mineral Foundation (DMF), and other levies. "This substantial contribution underlines

Vedanta demerger plan awaits NCLT's green light, says Anil Agarwal

Vedanta announced it will demerge into six different, listed entities - Vedanta Aluminium, Vedanta Oil and Gas, Vedanta Power, Vedanta Steel and Ferrous Materials, Vedanta Base Metals, and Vedanta Ltd

Vedanta to raise $120 million by issuing non-convertible debentures

In the past two months, Vedanta's board has already approved raising up to $300 mn through debentures

Over 50 high-impact growth projects to help Vedanta achieve $10 bn Ebitda

Mining conglomerate Vedanta Group's strategic roadmap to a USD 10 billion near-term EBITDA will be powered by timely execution of over 50 high-impact growth projects, including those in zinc, aluminum, oil and gas and power businesses. These projects are at an advanced stage of completion, according to a powerpoint presentation made to more than 45 fund managers and analysts, who were on a site visit organised by the Vedanta Group. Vedanta's aluminum business has projects underway to achieve 3.1 million tonnes per annum of integrated supply. It sits in the first quartile of the global cost curve, with the cost of production at multi-year lows -- USD 1,711 per tonne -- with a 100 per cent vertically integrated supply chain. The business has a 2x strong demand outlook with India's domestic market set to double every five years, it said. Vedanta's zinc business produces 1.2 million tonnes of zinc metal at the cost of USD 1,000 per tonne while silver volumes are at 800 million tonnes a

Vedanta arm WCL to invest $2 bn for Liberia's socio-economic development

Vedanta Sesa Goa on Friday said that its arm Western Cluster Ltd (WCL) is planning to pump in USD 2 billion for the socio-economic development of Liberia, West Africa. WCL is a wholly-owned arm of Bloom Fountain Ltd, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vedanta Ltd. "Western Cluster Ltd...a key player in Liberia's mining sector, is set to act as a catalyst to Liberia's growth trajectory charted by the new government as it plans to invest USD 2 billion to propel socio-economic development in the region," the company said in a statement. WCL's ongoing initiatives include infrastructure development, community engagement, and generating employment opportunities for local communities. Since its inception in 2011, WCL has invested over USD 300 million towards the socio-economic development of the region, which includes substantial contributions to community development funds and critical infrastructure projects. "We...aim to act as a catalyst to unlock Liberia's economic potential and

India on mission to become leading producer of critical minerals: Agarwal

India is on a mission to become the world's leading and the most sustainable producer of critical minerals, Vedanta group firm Hindustan Zinc's Chairperson Priya Agarwal Hebbar has said. Critical minerals, such as cobalt, copper, lithium, nickel and rare earths, play a crucial role in the production of clean energy technologies, from wind turbines to electric cars. Critical minerals are particularly in demand for the production of batteries for electric cars. Speaking at Bank of America Securities Global Metals, Mining and Steel Conference 2024 in Miami recently, Hebbar said the mining and metals sector will play a crucial role in helping the world meet the net-zero goals. "We take our role as champions of India's natural resources very seriously and we are well positioned to capitalize on this economic growth," Hebbar, who is also Vedanta Director, was quoted as saying in a statement on Saturday. The mining and metals sector holds the key to unlock the future. The transition to .

Govt to take decision on Hindustan Zinc OFS after testing mkt: Mines secy

The government is committed to offloading its stake in Vedanta group firm Hindustan Zinc through offer for sale (OFS) and will take the decision on this after testing the market, mines secretary V L Kantha Rao said on Monday. The government, the largest minority shareholder in Hindustan Zinc, owns a 29.54 per cent stake in the company. "We are committed to OFS," Rao said on the sidelines of an event here. The statement comes after the mines ministry rejected Hindustan Zinc Ltd's demerger plan. "Demerger, anyways, we have not agreed," the mines secretary said. When asked to comment on when the offer for sale company is expected, Rao said, "There is no point doing OFS when the market is not ready. Let me test the marketdo the roadshow and then we will decide." The Supreme Court in 2021 allowed the government to disinvest its residual stake in Hindustan Zinc in the open market. Earlier, Hindustan Zinc had said that it will continue to engage with the Centre on its proposal to split

Vedanta Q4 results: Net slips 27% to Rs 1,369 crore on Tuticorin impact

Expects steel asset divestment by September, demerger of businesses on track for completion in cy24, said executives

Vedanta firm Hindustan Zinc becomes 3rd largest silver producer globally

Vedanta group firm Hindustan Zinc on Thursday said it has become the third largest producer of silver globally. As per a survey, its Sindesar Khurd Mine in Rajasthan now stands as the world's second largest silver-producing mine, moving up from last year's fourth spot, the company said in a statement. Silver plays a pivotal role in the global energy transition and Hindustan Zinc's production growth of 5 per cent year-on-year is attributed to increased ore production and enhanced grades, reinforcing its status as a key player in the global silver market, Hindustan Zinc Chairperson Priya Agarwal Hebbar said. Hindustan Zinc, a Vedanta Group company in zinc, lead and silver businesses, is the world's second largest integrated zinc producer and now the third largest silver producer. The company has a market share of 75 per cent of the growing zinc market in India with its headquarters in Udaipur along with zinc, lead mines and smelting complexes spread across Rajasthan.

Vedanta Group mandates JPMorgan to arrange $300 million India bond

A Vedanta spokesperson said the group continues to exercise refinancing and capital-raising activities from diverse sources as it seeks to improve its debt and cash profile