Metals Weekly
12 March 2012
Metals Weekly
Valuations: Indian companies
Price
EV/EBITDA P/BV
(INR) FY12E FY13E FY12E
Steel
Tata Steel
454
SAIL
95
JSW Steel
747
JSPL
573
NMDC
184
Sesa Goa
201
Non-ferrous
Sterlite Inds. 114
HZL
132
Nalco
61
Hindalco
135
Mid-caps
Monnet Ispat 460
Godawari
101
Sarda Energy 124
Tata Sponge
282
Adhunik Metaliks52
Bhushan Steel 387
Jai Balaji
39
Rain Comm.
39
Prakash Inds.
49
7.1
8.9
7.9
9.8
6.2
5.6
3.9
5.8
11.2
6.0
11.8
2.8
8.0
1.9
5.7
9.8
20.2
3.3
3.7
6.1
8.1
6.5
9.2
6.8
9.4
3.1
4.1
7.4
5.8
9.2
3.2
5.6
0.9
3.8
9.1
6.5
3.1
2.6
1.7
1.0
1.0
3.0
2.9
1.1
0.8
2.1
1.4
1.4
1.3
0.5
0.5
0.8
0.7
1.2
0.3
0.6
0.3
Metal Prices
CMP
12-Mar
HRC Tube grade-Mumbai(INR/ton) 38,531
HRC (USD/ton) fob CIS
630
HRC (USD/ton) fob China
681
Sponge iron - Raipur (INR/ton)
24,700
Pig iron - Raipur (INR/ton)
25,385
Iron ore spot (USD/ton) cfr China
148
Coke (USD/ton) fob
385
Shred. scrap (USD/ton) fob Rotter.
423
LME inventories (‘000 ton)
LME Spot (USD/ton)
Indian prices (INR ‘000/ton)
LME inventories (‘000 ton)
LME Spot (USD/ton)
Indian prices (INR ‘000/ton)
LME inventories (‘000 ton)
LME Spot (USD/ton)
Indian prices (INR ‘000/ton)
5,091
2,170
109
867
2,027
101
276
8,390
425
%
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
-5
-4
0
-3
-2
-3
-2
0
0
0
-2
2
Week
5-Mar
38,531
630
680
24,400
24,932
148
385
418
5,101
2,295
113
867
2,088
103
Quarter
%
2-Jan
6 36,491
9
578
2
669
8 22,800
3 24,660
3
144
3
375
1
418
2
8
3
5
11
4
4,970
2,006
105
822
1,828
97
371
7,661
404
YTD FY12
% 1-Apr
8 35,811
-11
708
-6
722
22
11
-18
-4
-1
11
-16
-7
18
-13
-3
-37
-10
0
34
2
-23
-14
20,200
22,937
181
400
425
4,592
2,589
116
736
2,341
105
439
9,336
424
20,780
56,500
2,730
1.38
284 -26
8,575 10
425
5
27,825
57,858
2,134
1.17
Note: Detailed table on pg 21
Valuations: Global companies
Price
Steel
A. Mittal EUR 15.9
Posco
k KRW 424
US Steel USD 27.5
Nucor
USD 43.6
Gerdau
BRL 18.4
Bao Steel CNY 5.3
Non-ferrous
Alcoa
USD 10.2
Teck Res. USD 38.9
Xstrata GBp 112.0
BHP
AUD 35.7
Rio Tinto AUD 65.9
Detailed on pg 21
BSE Metals Index
Sensex
102
100
98
96
94
Source: MOSL
EV/EBITDA
CY11 CY12
5.8
5.7
5.1
6.7
7.4
6.6
7.6
5.0
5.5
5.7
4.8
4.9
5.1
4.2
5.5
6.1
6.2
5.8
4.5
4.8
5.2
4.3
P/BV
CY11
0.5
0.9
1.1
1.7
1.1
0.8
0.8
1.1
1.1
2.9
1.9
Gold (INR/10gms)
27,834
Sliver (INR/1kg)
57,827
Lead Spot LME (USD/ton)
2,090
FC 6-8% C basis 60% Cr (USD/lb Cr) 1.19
INR/USD
BDI
3 27,102
16 50,010
6 1,980
9
1.09
49.9
0
49.8 -6
53.3
12
44.6
824
5
782 -53 1,738
-45
1,498
Source: MMR/LME/Metal Bulletin/SteelPricesIndia/MOSL
Base metals decline 2-5% WoW; FeCr production cuts in South Africa
Indian long prices increased 1.3% WoW while flat steel prices were
Source: Bloomberg
BSE Metals Index v/s Sensex
Source: Bloomberg
Note: Indexed to 100 on 5 March 2012
Stock performance table on pg 22
unchanged WoW. Sponge iron prices increased 1.2% WoW to INR24,700/
ton. Scrap prices also increased 0.6% WoW to INR27,112/ton.
Steel prices increased in China (up 0.4% WoW), Russia (up 1.2% WoW),
the Middle East (up 1.9% WoW) and Turkey (up 2.8% WoW), but declined
in North America (down 0.7% WoW). Prices showed mixed trends in
Europe.
63.5% Fe iron ore prices were flat WoW at USD148/ton.
Base metals showed declining trends - spot LME prices of aluminum,
copper, lead and zinc decreased 5%, 2%, 2% and 3% WoW, respectively.
Samancor has taken eight charge chrome furnaces offline in South Africa
under an agreement with state power group, Eskom. Eskom struck similar
agreements with other ferrochrome (FeCr) producers such as Xstrata,
Samancor and Ruukki due to power shortage. Benchmark FeCr prices
have increased ~9% since December 2011.
According to media reports, Indonesia will cap foreign ownership of
mining projects at 49% by the tenth year of production, as it seeks to
bring the country's natural resources under state control.
Sanjay Jain
(SanjayJain@MotilalOswal.com); Tel:+91 22 3982 5412
Pavas Pethia
(Pavas.Pethia@MotilalOswal.com); Tel:+91 22 3982 5413
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