NMDC Q1 FY25 earnings call.
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NMDC delivered a satisfactory Q1 FY25 with PAT up 19%-20% YoY despite production declining ~14% (~1.5 million tons) due to heavy monsoon flooding and operational headwinds. The Supreme Court retrospective tax judgment creates potential liability through parallel cases—Karnataka net exposure estimated at INR 2,400-2,500 crore and Chhattisgarh at INR 144 crore—but management emphasizes recovery from existing customers under existing pricing terms. NSL achieved 120,000 tons/month production in May-June (vs. 106,000 in April), cutting losses in half; monthly break-even targeted in Q2 with quarterly break-even in Q3 FY25. Slurry pipeline is 73/131 km laid; pellet plant delayed to mid-2026 for redesign. Volume guidance of 50 million tons for FY25 maintained despite ~1 million ton shortfall YTD. Key risks: potential additional levies by state governments, import competition if costs rise, and hypothetical regulatory changes to MMDR Act that could affect retrospective liability calculations.
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Guidance to track
- Maintain FY25 production target of 50 million tons despite ~1 million ton Q1 shortfall due to monsoon flooding and May go-slow. Confident of making up shortfall by mid-October and outpacing prior year in H2.
- Monthly break-even expected in Q2 FY25 with 150,000 tons/month run rate. Quarterly break-even in Q3. Full-year FY25 break-even target. Current run rate 120,000 tons/month.
- Pipeline (73/131 km laid) and pellet plant delayed to mid-2026 for redesign. Full system expected operational by March 2026. CapEx target INR 3,200 crore for FY25.
- Pre-demerger expense of INR 2,502 crore to be liquidated within 12 months at INR 100 crore/month run rate, enabled by improved NSL cash flows post break-even.
Risks flagged
- If Supreme Court rules on parallel cases in line with the 81-case judgment, NMDC faces ~INR 2,500 crore net liability (Karnataka) plus ~INR 144 crore (Chhattisgarh). Management expects recovery from customers but cannot guarantee full collection. Analyst raised provision question; management stated no provision made as cases are still pending.
- July production fell due to scheduled maintenance and EOT crane damage. Dispatch constraint (1 rake/day vs required 2 rakes) limits evacuation. Target 150,000 tons/month but currently at 120,000 tons. 2-rake operation contingent on electrification completion by mid-September.
- Two price cuts of ~INR 500 each (INR 1,000 total) taken in July/August 2024. Average realization expected to decline from INR 5,304/ton to ~INR 4,304/ton. Management links pricing to market trends and HRC price movements. Analyst questioned lag effect on financials.
- Analyst (HDFC Mutual Fund) raised possibility of central government amending MMDR Act to limit state levies retrospectively. Management declined to speculate on hypothetical regulatory changes, noting it would be 'crossing the bridge when we get to the river.' This represents a risk management deflected.
Key quotes
- As merchant miners, we are in a more comfortable, more reassuring space than maybe our counterparts who are also the end consumers of what they mine. Naturally, that puts us in a slightly, not slightly, substantially better position.
- Our pricing terms are very, very clear on that. There's absolutely no, absolutely no doubt about that. It is excluding all the taxes and duties. Any new taxes and duties are always in addition to that.
- This is a fixed cost industry. So if your production goes down by 1 million ton, the per ton cost goes up by about more than INR 150 simply because 90% of my cost is fixed cost and only 10% of my cost is variable cost.
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