Ashapura Minechem Limited — Q4 FY26
Ashapura Minechem reported Q4 FY26 consolidated revenue of ₹1,969 crore, up 105% QoQ, and EBITDA of ₹211 crore (vs ₹143 crore in Q3).
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Claim Ledger
Did management answer the analysts?
Every material analyst question, graded on whether management actually answered it — with the verbatim exchange and quantitative claims checked against filed numbers.
46%Questions answered4Evaded / deflected12Questions auditedContradictedNumbers vs filing
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High priority
Details on Guinea port and road infrastructure expansion beyond 15M tons.
Asked by Ain Nahhata, Pami Financial Services
Answered port expansion but avoided specifics on road infrastructure and capex.
no timeline for road infrastructureno specific capex figures
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So while there was a brief mention that 15 million ton infrastructure on the port side will go to 20 million ton. So can you briefly talk about the excavation of bauxite infrastructure road infrastructure as well as port infrastructure from our journey beyond 15 million ton.
Manan Shah (Management)
So our Bofa port capacity will increase I think from five or so up to approximately 10 close to 10 million tons. We are also now working on our other port to expand the capacity which may be by the end of FY27 28.
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Impact of Guinea's quota system on new mining licenses.
Asked by Ain Nahhata, Pami Financial Services
Acknowledged potential impediment but lacked concrete details on government policy.
no exact detailsspeculative
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So every mine holder whoever is mining so kota means that everyone will be given a particular kota. So does that also mean that new mining release will also be stalled by the government?
Manan Shah (Management)
To our understanding it will be an impediment for newer players in the industry because along with their mining permits they would also have to apply for their own quotas.
Answered
High priority
Volume guidance for FY27 and iron ore contribution.
Asked by Kisha, Sapphire Capital
Provided specific volume range for FY27 and reiterated 15M target.
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If I look at the quarter 4 run we're already at 12 million metric t. So how should we look at the overall volumes for FY27?
Manan Shah (Management)
Ballpark as we had said earlier that our target for the year after next is 15 million and this year we are expecting broadly a range of 10 to 12 million tons for next year.
Evasive
High priority
EBITDA margin outlook for FY27 and India business contribution.
Asked by Kisha, Sapphire Capital
No quantitative margin guidance; deferred to medium-term without specifics.
no specific margin guidancevague timeline
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How should one look at the overall EBITDA margins for FY27 and the contribution from India business?
Manan Shah (Management)
I think that largely we expect the business to be stable and improve. Most of our initiatives are kind of medium-term and till then we expect like a stable growth probably maybe a little bit better than previous year or same.
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Medium priority
Duration of tax holiday in Guinea.
Asked by Mayur Shawat, Invest for Edu
Provided clear timeframe of 1-2 years for tax benefit.
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In Guinea we do not have a income tax now until we recover our investment. So like till when we can expect that we will enjoy this benefit.
Manan Shah (Management)
For at least next one or two year there won't be any tax liability at least to Ashapura.
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High priority
Realization guidance under quota system.
Asked by Mayur Shawat, Invest for Edu
Avoided giving any price guidance; spoke about timing of recovery instead.
no specific realization numberdeferred to future
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On a pricing term if you can give any guidance like 80-90 what kind of a realization we can expect any rough guidance will be very helpful.
Manan Shah (Management)
Honestly we are hopeful that maybe the pain as far as prices is concerned will be short term maybe another quarter or so. We think that at least another quarter and then monsoon quarter is typically a low volume quarter.
Partial answer
Medium priority
FOB realization for Q4.
Asked by Sut, ZTO Capital
Answered with EBITDA per ton instead of FOB realization as asked.
gave EBITDA/ton instead of FOB realization
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What is our FOB realization for Q4?
Manan Shah (Management)
I think we have mentioned in our press release in quarter 4 our EBITDA per metric ton has come in $5.9.
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High priority
Q4 average realization and Q1 expectation.
Asked by Nalen Sha, NVS Brokerage
Did not provide realization figures; discussed EBITDA and fuel costs.
no specific realization numberspoke about EBITDA instead
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If you can just give us some guidance what was the Q4 realization average realization and what is the Q1 you are expecting realization whether it will be better than the Q4.
Manan Shah (Management)
Quarter 4 of course we had a sharp drop in EBITDA which was also anticipated. I think quarter one may be similar or maybe little bit more difficult to be fair because of the uncertainty and the elevated fuel prices.
Evasive
Medium priority
Capex on iron ore and bauxite beneficiation plants.
Asked by Nalen Sha, NVS Brokerage
No specific capex amount; discussed alternative financing models.
no capex figuredeferred to future
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What is the kind of capex we are expecting to do on iron ore beneficiation as well as the bauxite beneficiation plant.
Manan Shah (Management)
We are currently evaluating models wherein the capex can be handled by our potential vendors or partners and we are looking at perhaps a build operate transfer kind of a model. Nothing is finalized yet.
Partial answer
Medium priority
Iron ore grade and beneficiation capacity.
Asked by Nahar Pia, Millie Capital
Provided grade range but not final product grade; deferred to future.
no exact grade after beneficiationspeculative
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What kind of grade you have in the ore, whether we have done any pilot test for what kind of it will convert after beneficiation?
Chetan Shah (Management)
Ours would be considered as a low to medium grade maybe somewhere ballpark in the range of 40 to 50%. However, the important part is that this is beneficiable which means after washing it can be upgraded to export quality.
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High priority
Requirement to set up local refinery in Guinea.
Asked by Manprit Aurora, Aurora Wealth Advisers
Clearly stated no obligation for refinery, distinguishing from large players.
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Is this correct what we had been reading and would that mean that even Ashapura maybe asked to put some local refining capacity?
Chetan Shah (Management)
Our concessions are free from any such terms and conditions and government also recognizes the difference between us and very large Chinese players. So as of now there is no requirement implicit or explicit that Ashapura group will be required to put a refinery.
Partial answer
High priority
Revenue and EBITDA guidance for FY27.
Asked by Harshett, Robo Capital
Provided Guinea revenue estimate but no EBITDA or India revenue figures.
no EBITDA guidancerevenue only for Guinea
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What is the ballpark range the revenues and EBITDA that we can do for the entire FY27 just a broad number.
Manan Shah (Management)
We have guided for 10 to 12 million tons whatever number you pick and you can even considering today's price approx 70 at least $700 million from Guinea should come and India should continue growing.
Quantitative claims vs filed numbers
| Claim | Management said | Filing | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea revenue target of at least $700 million for FY27 | 700 | 1,969 | Understated vs filing |
Filed figures sourced from Screener.in. Claims within a small tolerance of the filing are marked “matches filing”.