UltraTech net profit rises by 27% to US$209m in first half of 2017 financial year

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India: UltraTech’s net profit has risen by 27% year-on-year to US$209m for the first half of its 2017 financial year from US$164m in the same period of the previous year. Its sales revenue grew slightly by 1% to US$2.08bn from US$2.06bn. However, its sales revenue fell by 13% year-on-year to US$967m for the quarter that ended on 30 September 2016 from US$1.11bn.

In a results presentation the cement producer said that the industry had been hit by low cement demand, low capacity utilisation rates and rising operating costs, including petcoke prices in the latest quarter. It added that its capacity utilisation had fallen by 6% to 70% in the first half of its financial year from 76% a year earlier as its production capacity grew to 66.25Mt/yr from 63.05Mt/yr. Its sales volumes grew by 4% to 24.4Mt from 23.5Mt, with a particular boost in exports.

Last modified on 18 October 2016

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