We have visited 2.51MTPA integrated steel plant of Electrosteel
Steels Ltd (“ESL”), which is an associate company of Electrosteel
Castings Ltd (“ECL”) in Bokaro, Jharkhand. The total cost of
project stands at INR 95.6 bn out of this INR 90.0 bn has been
incurred till date. 95% of total capacity is near completion stage,
few of the major capacities have already commenced production
such as 350m3 Blast Furnace, 1.2 MT Sinter Plant, 1.0 MT Coke
Oven Battery are running smoothly. The total capacity will be
focused on long product, as company expects the demand to
continue higher than flat product. The product mix includes wire
rod, TMT bars, ductile iron (DI) pipes, billets and pig iron. On
the mining side ESL has signed a contract with its parent
company ECL to supply coking coal and Iron Ore at cost plus
20% margin basis. The coking coal mine has already started
producing and has produced 150000 ton, in FY2012. Company
expects coking coal mine to take another 12 months to start
production in full swing, whereas on iron ore front ECL is
awaiting Forest stage-II clearance. Company expects the
production to start from the iron ore mine within three to six
months of signing a mining lease after it gets all necessary
clearances. Although the company is hopeful to start production
from March 2013, we believe it is currently challenging to
estimate the timelines for completion of clearance formalities.
Key Highlights
Full Integration to give benefit at every stage: ESL’s 2.51
MTPA steel plant is fully integrated i.e. starting from raw
material to finished good. On backward integration side ESL
has signed a 20 years contract with its parent company for
supplying both Coking coal and Iron ore at cost plus 20%
margin basis whereas on power side, Company is setting up
a captive 120 MW WHRB which would fulfill 75% of total
requirement. We believe this iron ore; coking coal and power
constitutes approximately 65% of total raw material cost. On
forward integration side company has set up wire rod, TMT
bar and DI pipe plant. We believe this both backward and
forward integration will catch profitability at every stage and
increase the margin. Company expects comfortably to
achieve an EBITDA/ton of INR 13000/ton after all capacities
on stream.